Tridimensional computer-assisted anatomic dissection of posterolateral prostatic neurovascular bundles

European Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 281-287

  Alsaid, Bayan ^a,b   Karam, Ibrahim ^a,b   Bessede, Thomas ^a   Abdlsamad, Issam ^b   Uhl, Jean Franois ^b   Delmas, Vincent ^b   Benoît, Gérard ^a   Droupy, Stéphane ^a  

^a Bicêtre Paris 11 University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Cavernous nerves; Computer assisted anatomic dissection; Neurovascular bundle; Three dimensional reconstruction

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DISSECTION; FETUS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; PELVIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE SURGERY; PROSTATECTOMY; SEMINAL VESICLE; SENSORY NERVE; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CADAVER; DISSECTION; FETUS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; PROSTATE;

EID: 77955304622     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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