Posterior rhabdosphincter reconstruction during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Critical analysis of techniques and outcomes

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 734-741

  Gautam, Gagan ^a   Rocco, Bernardo ^b   Patel, Vipul R ^c   Zorn, Kevin C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c Global Robotic Institute at Florida Hospital   (United States)

^d Division of Urology   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SPHINCTER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; POSTERIOR RHABDOSPHINCTER RECONSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; ROCCO STITCH; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SPHINCTEROPLASTY; SUBURETHRAL SLING; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE; SURGERY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 79955053569     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.01.073     Document Type: Review

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