Can robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy be recommended to obese patients?

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-302

  Crocitto, Laura E ^a,b   Ly, Martina ^a   Satterthwaite, Roger ^a   Wilson, Timothy ^a   Nelson, Rebecca A ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Complications; Prostate cancer; Robotic prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; UROLOGY;

BLOOD LOSS; BODY MASS; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPLICATION; INTRA-OPERATIVE; MARGIN STATUS; MASS INDEX; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 38749107783     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-007-0059-1     Document Type: Article

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