The new economics of radical prostatectomy: Cost comparison of open, laparoscopic and robot assisted techniques

Journal of Urology

Volumn 172, Issue 4 I, 2004, Pages 1431-1435

  Lotan, Yair ^a   Cadeddu, Jeffrey A ^a   Gettman, Matthew T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics; Laparoscopy; Prostate; Prostatectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COST; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LITERATURE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 4544338532     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000139714.09832.47     Document Type: Article

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