The impact of cavernosal nerve preservation on continence after robotic radical prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1492-1496

  Pick, Donald L ^a   Osann, Kathryn ^a   Skarecky, Douglas ^a   Narula, Navneet ^a   Finley, David S ^b   Ahlering, Thomas E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

minimally invasive surgical procedures; prostatectomy; robotic; treatment outcomes; urinary incontinence; urological surgery procedures

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN UROLOGICAL ASSOCIATION SYMPTOM INDEX; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CAVERNOSAL NERVE; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL INDEX OF ERECTILE FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SPARING SURGERY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 80052618155     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2010.10015.x     Document Type: Article

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