Assessment of Early Continence After Reconstruction of the Periprostatic Tissues in Patients Undergoing Computer Assisted (Robotic) Prostatectomy: Results of a 2 Group Parallel Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1018-1023

  Menon, Mani ^a,b,c   Muhletaler, Fred ^a   Campos, Miguel ^d   Peabody, James O ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; randomized controlled trial; robotics; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CATHETERIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 48849088135     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.05.046     Document Type: Article

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