Surgical anatomy of radical prostatectomy: Periprostatic fascial anatomy and overview of the urinary sphincters;Anatomía quirúrgica de la prostatectomía radical: Fascias y esfínteres urinarios

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-266

  Secin, Fernando P ^a,b   Bianco, Fernando J ^a,b  

^a CEMIC   (Argentina)

^b Mt Sinai Medical Center ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY;

EID: 77957844103     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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