Preserving continence during robotic prostatectomy

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 52-58

  Ahlering, Thomas E ^a   Gordon, Adam ^a   Morales, Blanca ^a   Skarecky, Douglas W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Continence; Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Patient related factors; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

AGING; ANASTOMOSIS; BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION; BLADDER SPHINCTER; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MICTURITION; MORPHOLOGY; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CONTINENCE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84872422155     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0295-4     Document Type: Review

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