Anatomical retro-apical technique of synchronous (posterior and anterior) urethral transection: A novel approach for ameliorating apical margin positivity during robotic radical prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1364-1373

  Tewari, Ashutosh K ^a   Srivastava, Abhishek ^a   Mudaliar, Kumaran ^a   Tan, Gerald Y ^a   Grover, Sonal ^a   El Douaihy, Youssef ^a   Peters, David ^a   Leung, Robert ^a   Yadav, Rajiv ^a   John, Majnu ^b   Wysock, James ^a   Vaughan, E Daracott ^a   Muir, Sara ^a   Amin, Mahul B ^c   Rubin, Mark ^d   Tu, Jiangling ^d   Akthar, Mohammed ^d   Shevchuk, Maria ^d  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

apex; cancer; margin; prostate; prostatectomy; retro apical; robotic; urethra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNCHRONOUS URETHRAL TRANSECTION; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN LIGATION;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA;

EID: 78349285206     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.09318.x     Document Type: Article

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