Urinary incontinence after robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Pathophysiology and intraoperative techniques to improve surgical outcome

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1052-1063

  Kojima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takahashi, Norio ^a   Haga, Nobuhiro ^a   Nomiya, Masanori ^a   Yanagida, Tomohiko ^a   Ishibashi, Kei ^a   Aikawa, Ken ^a   Lee, David I ^b  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b PENN PRESBYTERIAN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Robotic surgery; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BLADDER NECK; HUMAN; LIGAMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PELVIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROPUBIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETHRA; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ANATOMY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC SURGERY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

HUMANS; PROSTATECTOMY; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84886798662     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.12214     Document Type: Review

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