Posterior rhabdosphincter reconstruction during robotic assisted radical prostatectomy: Results from a phase II randomized clinical trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1262-1267

  Sutherland, Douglas E ^a   Linder, Brian ^a   Guzman, Anna M ^a   Hong, Mark ^a   Frazier II, Harold A ^a   Engel, Jason D ^a   Bianco Jr , Fernando J ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; robotics; treatment outcome; urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; EXPANDED PROSTATE CANCER INDEX COMPOSITE QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNATIONAL PROSTATE SYMPTOM SCORE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RHABDOSPHINCTER RECONSTRUCTION; ROBOTICS; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VESICOURETHRAL ANASTOMOSIS;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 79952700347     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.11.085     Document Type: Article

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