A prospective, non-randomized trial comparing robot-assisted laparoscopic and retropubic radical prostatectomy in one european institution

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 534-539

  Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a   Novara, Giacomo ^a   Fracalanza, Simonetta ^a   D'Elia, Carolina ^a   Secco, Silvia ^a   Iafrate, Massimo ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Erectile function; Prostate cancer; Retropubic radical prostatectomy; Robot assisted radical prostatectomy; Urinary incontinence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CATHETER REMOVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; EUROPE; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROPUBIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR;

AGED; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; ITALY; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 69849085093     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08419.x     Document Type: Article

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