Nerve-sparing approach during radical prostatectomy is strongly associated with the rate of postoperative urinary continence recovery

BJU International

Volumn 111, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 717-722

  Suardi, Nazareno ^a   Moschini, Marco ^a   Gallina, Andrea ^a   Gandaglia, Giorgio ^a   Abdollah, Firas ^a   Capitanio, Umberto ^a   Bianchi, Marco ^a   Tutolo, Manuela ^a   Passoni, Niccolò ^a   Salonia, Andrea ^a   Hedlund, Petter ^a   Rigatti, Patrizio ^a   Montorsi, Francesco ^a   Briganti, Alberto ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

nerve sparing; prostate cancer; radical prostatectomy; urinary continence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE SPARING RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PENILE ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84876297957     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2012.11315.x     Document Type: Article

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