Anatomic and technical considerations for optimizing recovery of urinary function during robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 78-87

  Vora, Anup A ^a   Dajani, Daoud ^a   Lynch, John H ^a   Kowalczyk, Keith J ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

continence; outcomes; robotic assisted radical prostatectomy; techniques

Indexed keywords

BLADDER NECK; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTIC ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINARY BLADDER; URINARY INCONTINENCE; URINARY TRACT PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA;

EID: 84871184972     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32835b0ae5     Document Type: Review

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