Comparison of robotic-assisted versus retropubic radical prostatectomy performed by a single surgeon

Anticancer Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1637-1642

  Ou, Yen Chuan ^a   Yang, Chi Rei ^a   Wang, John ^a   Cheng, Chen Li ^a   Patel, Vipul R ^b  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

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

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROPUBIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

HUMANS; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 67650034985     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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