Role of robot-assisted surgery for bladder cancer

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 69-75

  Hemal, Ashok K ^a,b  

^a Department of Urology

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasm; Laparoscopy; Lymphadenectomy; Radical cystectomy; Robot; Urinary diversion; Urothelial carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BLEEDING; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CYSTECTOMY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DIVERSION;

CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; URINARY DIVERSION;

EID: 58149265213     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32831c50b4     Document Type: Review

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