High prostatic fascia release or standard nerve sparing? A viewpoint from the Royal Melbourne Hospital

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 181-185

  Murphy, Declan G ^a   Costello, Anthony J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nerve sparing; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Robotic; Veil of Aphrodite

Indexed keywords

MICRODISSECTION; PATIENT TREATMENT; UROLOGY;

LOCALIZED PROSTATE CANCER; MELBOURNE; NERVE-SPARING; PROSTATE CANCERS; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; VEIL OF APHRODITE;

DISEASES;

EID: 51549086065     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-008-0102-x     Document Type: Article

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