Neuroanatomic basis for traction-free preservation of the neural hammock during athermal robotic radical prostatectomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 49-59

  Srivastava, Abhishek ^a   Grover, Sonal ^a   Sooriakumaran, Prasanna ^a   Tan, Gerald ^a   Takenaka, Atsushi ^b   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

athermal; hammock; nerve sparing; neuroanatomy; potency; prostate cancer; prostatectomy; robotic; traction free

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CAUTERIZATION; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NERVE TRACT; NEUROANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PENILE ERECTION; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650509849     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32834120e9     Document Type: Article

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