Scientific and technical advances in continence recovery following radical prostatectomy

Expert Review of Medical Devices

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 431-453

  Tan, Gerald ^a,b   El Douaihy, Youssef ^b   Te, Alexis E ^b   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^b  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continence; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Rhabdosphincter; Risk factor; Urethra; Urinary

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; PLACEBO;

BLADDER NECK; BLADDER NECK INTUSSUSCEPTION; BLADDER NECK MUCOSAL EVERSION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; BLADDER SPHINCTER PROSTHESIS; BODY WEIGHT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORPUS CAVERNOSUM; CYSTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LENGTH OF STAY; LEVATOR ANI MUSCLE; LIFESTYLE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIC FLOOR MUSCLE TRAINING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUDENDAL NERVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSRECTAL ULTRASONOGRAPHY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 69949112707     PISSN: 17434440     EISSN: 17452422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/erd.09.19     Document Type: Review

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