Transperitoneal versus extraperitoneal robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy: Is one better than the other?

Urology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1077-1081

  Atug, Fatih ^a   Castle, Erik P ^a   Woods, Michael ^a   Srivastav, Sudesh K ^b   Thomas, Raju ^a   Davis, Rodney ^a  

^a Tulane Center for Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONEUM; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 33750989334     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2006.07.008     Document Type: Article

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