The first 1000 cases of laparoscopic radical prostatectomy in the UK: Evidence of multiple 'learning curves'

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1224-1230

  Eden, Christopher G ^a   Neill, Mischel G ^a   Louie Johnsun, Mark W ^a  

^a ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EARLY CANCER; FOLLOW UP; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249092395     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08169.x     Document Type: Article

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