The Commonly Performed Nerve Sparing Total Prostatectomy Does Not Acknowledge the Actual Nerve Courses

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1076-1081

  Sievert, Karl Dietrich ^a   Hennenlotter, Jörg ^a   Laible, Ines A ^a   Amend, Bastian ^a   Nagele, Udo ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

anatomy; erectile dysfunction; nerves; penis; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NERVE SPARING TOTAL PROSTATECTOMY; NERVOUS TISSUE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE PREPARATION; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 59349088290     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.10.154     Document Type: Article

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