Direct Comparison of Surgical and Functional Outcomes of Robotic-Assisted Versus Pure Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Single-Surgeon Experience

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 119-123

  Hakimi, A Ari ^a   Blitstein, Jeffrey ^a   Feder, Marc ^a   Shapiro, Edan ^a   Ghavamian, Reza ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROTATECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57849107534     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.08.491     Document Type: Article

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