Preservation of Lateral Prostatic Fascia is Associated with Urine Continence after Robotic-Assisted Prostatectomy

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 892-901

  van der Poel, Henk G ^a   de Blok, Willem ^a   Joshi, Neil ^a   van Muilekom, Eric ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Quality of life; Urine incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FASCIA; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TISSUE PRESERVATION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

FASCIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 60249086846     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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