Improving outcomes for early return of urinary continence

Robotic Urologic Surgery, Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 179-193

  Rocco, Bernardo M ^a   Cozzi, Gabriele ^b   Melegari, Sara ^c   Patel, Vipul R ^d,e,f  

^a FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^d FLORIDA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f FLORIDA HOSPITAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Robotic prostatectomy; Surgical outcomes; Surgical techniques; Urinary continence

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; SURGERY; UROLOGY;

PROSTATE CANCERS; SURGICAL OUTCOME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUES; URINARY CONTINENCE;

ROBOTIC SURGERY;

EID: 84886804429     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84882-800-1_17     Document Type: Chapter

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