Is robotically assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy less invasive than retropubic radical prostatectomy? Results from a prospective, unrandomized, comparative study

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1145-1149

  Fracalanza, Simonetta ^a   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Galfano, Antonio ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^b   Mangano, Angelo ^a   Plebani, Mario ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute phase reaction; Prostate cancer; Retropubic radical prostatectomy; Robot assisted; Tissue trauma

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTIC ACID;

ACUTE PHASE RESPONSE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ACUTE-PHASE REACTION; AGED; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; INTERLEUKIN-1ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN-6; LACTIC ACID; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 41849115258     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07513.x     Document Type: Article

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