Urethral sphincter function before and after radical prostatectomy: Systematic review of the prognostic value of various assessment techniques

Neurourology and Urodynamics

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 957-963

  Dubbelman, Yvette D ^a   Bosch, J L H Ruud ^b  

^a Microvida Laboratory for Medical Microbiology and Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

radical prostatectomy; urethral sphincter function

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER FUNCTION; BLADDER PRESSURE; BLADDER SPHINCTER; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFUSION SPHINCTEROMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATECTOMY; STRESS INCONTINENCE; URETHRAL CATHETER; URETHRAL PRESSURE PROFILOMETRY; URINE INCONTINENCE; URODYNAMICS; VALSALVA MANEUVER; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URETHRAL DISEASES; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84882450835     PISSN: 07332467     EISSN: 15206777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nau.22355     Document Type: Article

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