Complete periprostatic anatomy preservation during Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy (RALP): The new pubovesical complex-sparing technique

European Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 407-417

  Asimakopoulos, Anastasios D ^a   Annino, Filippo ^b   D'Orazio, Alejandro ^c   Pereira, Clovis Fraga T ^d   Mugnier, Camille ^c   Hoepffner, Jean Luc ^c   Piechaud, Thierry ^c   Gaston, Richard ^c  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c CLINIQUE SAINT AUGUSTIN   (France)

^d INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA INTEGRAL PROF FERNANDO FIGUEIRA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Detrusor apron; Dorsal vascular complex; Early incontinence; Prostate cancer; Pubovesical complex; Radical prostatectomy; Robot assisted prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CATHETER REMOVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONVALESCENCE; DETRUSOR MUSCLE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION SCORE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PENIS ERECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBOVESICAL COMPLEX SPARING SURGERY; RATING SCALE; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON;

ADULT; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LIGAMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77955515442     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.04.032     Document Type: Article

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