Is seminal vesiculectomy necessary in all patients with Biopsy Gleason Score 6?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 709-713

  Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Zorn, Kevin C ^a   Shikanov, Sergey A ^a   Zagaja, Gregory P ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SEMINAL VESICLE; SEMINAL VESICULECTOMY;

BIOPSY; DATABASES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEMINAL VESICLES;

EID: 64749091587     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0577     Document Type: Article

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