A prospective comparison of robotic and laparoscopic pyeloplasty

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 243, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 486-491

  Link, Richard E ^a,c   Bhayani, Sam B ^b   Kavoussi, Louis R ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYELOPLASTY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER STENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MARYLAND; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33645470050     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000205626.71982.32     Document Type: Article

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