Athermal Robotic Technique of prostatectomy in patients with large prostate glands (>75 g): Technique and initial results

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 47-49

  El Hakim, Assaad ^b   Leung, Robert A ^a   Richstone, Lee ^a   Kim, Tara S ^a   Te, Alexis E ^a   Tewari, Ashutosh K ^a,c  

^a NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c Program of Robotic Prostatectomy and Urologic Oncology Outcomes   (United States)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostate volume; Prostatectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ATHERMAL ROBOTIC TECHNIQUE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATECTOMY; SHORT SURVEY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PELVIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33745091877     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06252.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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