Veil nerve-sparing technique and postoperative urinary continence in open antegrade radical prostatectomy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 283-289

  Shigemura, Katsumi ^a   Yamanaka, Nozomu ^a   Yamashita, Masuo ^a  

^a Shinko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Open antegrade radical prostatectomy; Urinary continence; Veil nerve sparing

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CATHETER REMOVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NERVE SURGERY; OPEN ANTEGRADE RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE VOLUME; VEIL NERVE SPARING;

AGED; BIOPSY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURONS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGY;

EID: 84868195882     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339921     Document Type: Article

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