A Comparison of the Incidence and Location of Positive Surgical Margins in Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy and Open Retropubic Radical Prostatectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2385-2390

  Smith Jr , Joseph A ^a   Chan, Robert C ^a   Chang, Sam S ^a   Herrell, S Duke ^a   Clark, Peter E ^a   Baumgartner, Roxy ^a   Cookson, Michael S ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

laparoscopy; neoplasm; prostatectomy; prostatic neoplasms; residual; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROBABILITY; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748974168     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.08.008     Document Type: Article

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