Anatomical basis for carrying out a state-of-the-art radical prostatectomy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-19

  Takenaka, Atsushi ^a   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^b  

^a TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BLADDER NECK; BLADDER SURGERY; BRAIN MAPPING; ENDOPELVIC FASCIA; FASCIA; FASCIAL ANATOMY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MACROANATOMY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM SURGERY; MUSCLE; NERVE; NERVE GRAFT; NERVE PLEXUS; NERVE RECONSTRUCTION; NEUROANATOMY; PELVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RECTO URETHRALIS MUSCLE; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPHINCTER; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPATHETIC NERVE CELL; URETHRA; URETHRA SURGERY; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84855189029     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2011.02911.x     Document Type: Review

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