The failure of a nerve sparing template to improve urinary continence after radical prostatectomy: Attention to study design

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 358-362

  Tzou, David T ^a   Dalkin, Bruce L ^a   Christopher, Bea Anne ^a   Cui, Haiyan ^a  

^a Tucson Med Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Quality of life; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 67649510219     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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