Transabdominal Sonocystography: A Novel Technique to Assess Vesicourethral Extravasation Following Radical Prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2459-2462

  Lepor, Herbert ^a   Kozirovsky, Mariana ^a   Laze, Juliana ^a   Telegrafi, Shpetim ^a  

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

Author keywords

anastomosis; bladder; prostatectomy; surgical; urethra; urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CAPACITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTOGRAPHY; FLUOROCYSTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSABDOMINAL SONOCYSTOGRAPHY; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; EXTRAVASATION OF DIAGNOSTIC AND THERAPEUTIC MATERIALS; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 55549096695     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.013     Document Type: Article

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