Laparoscopic and robotic assisted radical prostatectomy - Critical analysis of the results

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 612-624

  Rassweiler, Jens ^a,c   Hruza, Marcel ^a   Teber, Dogu ^a   Su, Li Ming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c SLK Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE DISEASE; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; URINE RETENTION; WOUND DEHISCENCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; ROBOTICS; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 33644850195     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.12.054     Document Type: Review

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