Nerve Quantification and Computerized Planimetry to Evaluate Periprostatic Nerve Distribution-Does Size Matter?

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 398-403

  Ganzer, Roman ^a   Blana, Andreas ^a   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^b   Rabenalt, Robert ^b   Fritsche, Hans Martin ^a   Wieland, Wolf F ^a   Denzinger, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGED; AUTONOMIC PATHWAYS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 67651095879     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.076     Document Type: Article

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