Robotic radical prostatectomy in the community setting - The learning curve and beyond: Initial 200 cases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 269-272

  Patel, Vipul R ^a   Tully, A S ^a   Holmes, R ^a   Lindsay, J ^a  

^a Urology Centers of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Robotics

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; CANCER STAGING; DEMOGRAPHY; EXPANDED PROSTATE CANCER INDEX COMPOSITE QUESTIONNAIRE; GLEASON SCORE; HEMATOCRIT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LEARNING; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 20444477086     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000162082.12962.40     Document Type: Article

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