Cost comparison of laparoscopic versus radical retropubic prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 557-560

  Anderson, J Kyle ^a   Murdock, Adam ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Lotan, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLEASON SCORE; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RECOVERY ROOM; REVIEW; SEMINAL VESICLE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 24144453608     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.04.016     Document Type: Article

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