Preservation of the neurovascular bundles is associated with improved time to continence after radical prostatectomy but not long-term continence rates: Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis

European Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 692-704

  Reeves, Fairleigh ^a   Preece, Patrick ^a   Kapoor, Jada ^a   Everaerts, Wouter ^a   Murphy, Declan G ^a,b,c   Corcoran, Niall M ^a,b,d   Costello, Anthony J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b EPWORTH HEALTHCARE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^d FRANKSTON HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Incontinence; Nerve sparing; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

COCHRANE LIBRARY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; NERVE SPARING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SURGICAL APPROACH; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY CONTINENCE; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONVALESCENCE; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; SURGERY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HUMANS; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 84941805531     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2014.10.020     Document Type: Review

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