title: A digital rectal examination after radical prostatectomy is unnecessary if prostate specific antigen is undetectable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Université de Montréal, Canada. fred.saad@chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Saad
authors.forename: J-B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Lattouf
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006300:Health Services Misuse; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis; D010173:Palpation / Q000379:methods*; D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen / Q000097:blood*; D011468:Prostatectomy / Q000379:methods*; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D012007:Rectum
chemical_list: D017430:Prostate-Specific Antigen