Double-pigtail stenting of the ureters: Technique for securing the ureteral orifices during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy for large median Lobes

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1975-1977

  El Douaihy, Youssef ^a   Tan, Gerald Y ^a,b   Dorsey, Philip J ^a   Jhaveri, Jay K ^a   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CONTRACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE MEDIAN LOBE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE REMOVAL; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STENTS; URETER; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 72449120922     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0133     Document Type: Article

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