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Variation in course of cavernous nerve with special reference to details of topographic relationships near prostatic apex: histologic study using male cadavers.
Urology - 1 Jan 2005
Takenaka Atsushi, Murakami Gen, Matsubara Akio, Han Seung H, Fujisawa Masato
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To study interindividual variation in the cavernous nerve course near the rhabdosphincter and the apex of the prostate as a basis for refining nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. The varying anatomy of the cavernous nerve might account for the disparate potency rates after nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. METHODS: We examined serial histologic sections from 20 male pelves (7 frontal, 8 sagittal,...
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