Anatomic Bladder Neck Preservation During Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Description of Technique and Outcomes

European Urology

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 972-980

  Freire, Marcos P ^a   Weinberg, Aaron C ^a   Lei, Yin ^a   Soukup, Jane R ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Prasad, Sandip M ^a   Korkes, Fernando ^c   Lin, Tiffany ^a   Hu, Jim C ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c FACULDADE DE MEDICINA DO ABC   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Continence; Outcomes; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic surgical technique

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; BLADDER NECK; BLEEDING; CANCER CONTROL; CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM PERSONNEL; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION;

AGED; BALLOON DILATION; DISSECTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROBOTICS; TRACTION; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 70350569287     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2009.09.017     Document Type: Article

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