Preoperative and intraoperative measurements of urethral length as predictors of continence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1025-1030

  Hakimi, A Ari ^a   Faleck, David M ^a   Agalliu, Ilir ^a   Rozenblit, Alla M ^a   Chernyak, Victoria ^a   Ghavamian, Reza ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTINENCE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; URETHRA; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION;

ADULT; AGED; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; URETHRA;

EID: 79959313493     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0692     Document Type: Article

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