Robotic prostatectomy: What we have learned and where we are going

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 177-181

  Lee, David I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive surgery; Prostate cancer; Prostatectomy; Robotic surgery

Indexed keywords

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; URETHRA FISTULA;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE;

EID: 66549110272     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2009.50.2.177     Document Type: Review

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