The use of robotically assisted surgery for treating urachal anomalies

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 838-842

  Madeb, Ralph ^a,b   Knopf, Joy K ^a   Nicholson, Craig ^a   Donahue, Laurence A ^a   Adcock, Brian ^a   Dever, David ^a   Tan, Beng Jit ^a   Valvo, John R ^a   Eichel, Louis ^a  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STRONG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Da Vinci; Minimally invasive; Robotic; Treatment; Urachal anomalies

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BLADDER MALFORMATION; BLADDER MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYSTECTOMY; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URACHUS;

ADULT; AGED; CYSTECTOMY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URACHAL CYST; URACHUS;

EID: 33748540069     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06430.x     Document Type: Article

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