Technical refinement and learning curve for attenuating neurapraxia during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy to improve sexual function

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1222-1228

  Alemozaffar, Mehrdad ^a   Duclos, Antoine ^a   Hevelone, Nathanael D ^a   Lipsitz, Stuart R ^a   Borza, Tudor ^a   Yu, Hua Yin ^a   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^b   Hu, Jim C ^c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Learning curve; Nerve sparing; Neurapraxia; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic; Sexual function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPANDED PROSTATE CANCER INDEX COMPOSITE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JOB EXPERIENCE; LEARNING CURVE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE; NERVE SPARING ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LEARNING CURVE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PENILE ERECTION; PERIPHERAL NERVE INJURIES; PROSTATECTOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862787482     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.02.053     Document Type: Article

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