Open vs. Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy... and Laparoscopy is Better!

European Urology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-28

  Rassweiler, Jens ^a  

^a SLK Kliniken Heilbronn   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMORBIDITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING; METHODOLOGY; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURGERY;

EID: 33744933673     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2006.03.009     Document Type: Editorial

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