Does obesity influence the operative course or complications of robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

BJU International

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1275-1278

  Khaira, Herkanwal S ^a   Bruyere, Franck ^a   O'Malley, Patrick J ^a   Peters, Justin S ^a   Costello, Anthony J ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Robotic; Telerobotic surgery

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION REFLEX; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN WEIGHT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; NOTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750864778     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2006.06488.x     Document Type: Article

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