Retro-apical transection of the urethra during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in an Asian population

BJU International

Volumn 110, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Ou, Yen Chuan ^a,c,d,e   Hung, Siu Wan ^b   Wang, John ^b   Yang, Chun Kuang ^a   Cheng, Chen Li ^a   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^f  

^a Division of Urology   (Taiwan)

^b TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

apex; cancer; pelvis; prostate; prostatectomy; retro apical; robotic; urethra

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORGAN WEIGHT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TRANSURETHRAL RESECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIC BONES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; URETHRA;

EID: 84863553458     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10660.x     Document Type: Article

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