Neurovascular structure-adjacent frozen-section examination (NeuroSAFE) increases nerve-sparing frequency and reduces positive surgical margins in open and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: Experience after 11 069 consecutive patients

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 333-340

  Schlomm, Thorsten ^a   Tennstedt, Pierre ^a   Huxhold, Caroline ^a   Steuber, Thomas ^a   Salomon, Georg ^a   Michl, Uwe ^a   Heinzer, Hans ^a   Hansen, Jens ^a   Budäus, Lars ^a   Steurer, Stefan ^a   Wittmer, Corinna ^a   Minner, Sarah ^a   Haese, Alexander ^a   Sauter, Guido ^a   Graefen, Markus ^a   Huland, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Frozen section; Nerve sparing; Nerve sparing radical prostatectomy; Propensity score; Prostate; Prostate cancer; Surgery; Surgical margin

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR STRUCTURE ADJACENT FROZEN SECTION EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROSTATECTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; CRYOULTRAMICROTOMY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FROZEN SECTIONS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862840461     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.04.057     Document Type: Article

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