Athermal early retrograde release of the neurovascular bundle during nerve-sparing robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Journal of Robotic Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 13-17

  Coughlin, Geoffrey ^a   Dangle, Pankaj P ^b   Palmer, Kenneth J ^a   Samevedi, Srinivas ^a   Patel, Vipul R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Global Robotic Institute at Florida Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional outcomes; Nerve sparing; Robotic prostatectomy; Robotic assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP)

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; UROLOGY;

CANCER CONTROL; CRITICAL STEPS; FUNCTIONAL OUTCOME; NERVE SPARING; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE; PROSTATE CANCERS; RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTIC-ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL FUNCTIONS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 62249130076     PISSN: 18632483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11701-009-0127-9     Document Type: Article

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