Critical appraisal of outcomes following open radical prostatectomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-302

  Galvin, David J ^a   Eastham, James A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Prostate; Radical prostatectomy; Robotic

Indexed keywords

CANCER CONTROL; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PROSTATE TUMOR;

ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 67649710116     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328329eb13     Document Type: Review

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