The lymph node yield during robot-assisted radical cystectomy

BJU International

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 231-234

  Guru, Khurshid A ^a,b   Sternberg, Kevan ^b   Wilding, Gregory E ^c   Tan, Wei ^c   Butt, Zubair M ^b   Mohler, James L ^b   Kim, Hyung L ^b  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cystectomy; Lymph node dissection; Robot assisted; Robotic

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTECTOMY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DIVERSION; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; LAPAROSCOPY; MORBIDITY; NOTE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY DIVERSION;

EID: 45449108267     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.07589.x     Document Type: Article

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