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.

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Published in Eur Urol on October 29, 2014

Authors

Fairleigh Reeves1, Patrick Preece2, Jada Kapoor2, Wouter Everaerts2, Declan G Murphy3, Niall M Corcoran4, Anthony J Costello5

Author Affiliations

1: Departments of Urology and Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia. Electronic address: fairleighr@gmail.com.
2: Departments of Urology and Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
3: Departments of Urology and Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Epworth Prostate Centre, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia; Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Australia.
4: Departments of Urology and Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Epworth Prostate Centre, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia; Department of Urology, Frankston Hospital, Melbourne, Australia.
5: Departments of Urology and Surgery, Royal Melbourne Hospital and the University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Epworth Prostate Centre, Epworth Healthcare, Melbourne, Australia.

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