Does 3-Dimensional (3-D) visualization improve the quality of assistance during robotic radical prostatectomy?

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-99

  Ramanathan, Rajan ^a   Salamanca, Juan I Martinez ^a   Mandhani, Anil ^a   Leung, Robert A ^a   Rao, Sandhya R ^a   Berryhill, Roy ^a   Tewari, Ashutosh ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

3 Dimensional visualization; Laparoscopic skills; Laparoscopic training; Prostate cancer; Robotic radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STANDARD; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 59249084010     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0325-5     Document Type: Article

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