Neuroanatomy of the male pelvis in respect to radical prostatectomy including three-dimensional visualization

BJU International

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-27

  Schwalenberg, Thilo ^a   Neuhaus, Jochen ^a   Liatsikos, Evangelos ^a   Winkler, Mathias ^a   Löffler, Sabine ^b   Stolzenburg, Jens Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anatomical illustrations; Neuroanatomy; Neurovascular bundle; Pelvic plexus; Pelvic surgery; Prostatectomy; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CADAVER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CYSTECTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE DISPLAY; INNERVATION; KIDNEY PELVIS; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SURGICAL ANATOMY; URETHRA;

CADAVER; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MEDICAL ILLUSTRATION; PELVIS; PENIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 72149115956     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08702.x     Document Type: Review

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