Minimal access radical prostatectomy: How is it shaping up?

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 791-792

  Eden, Christopher G ^a,b  

^a Hampshire Clinic   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER SURGERY; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; NOTE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40449092716     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07452.x     Document Type: Note

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