Techniques of nerve-sparing and potency outcomes following robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-272

  Chauhan, Sanket ^a   Coelho, Rafael F ^a   Rocco, Bernardo ^a   Palmer, Kenneth J ^a   Orvieto, Marcelo A ^a   Patel, Vipul R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasm; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INNERVATION; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PENIS; PENIS ERECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PENIS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956104410     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382010000300002     Document Type: Review

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