Early experience with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Asian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-325

  Sim, Hong Gee ^a   Yip, Sidney K H ^a   Lau, Weber K O ^a   Tan, James K ^b   Cheng, Christopher W S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MONTSOURIS TECHNIQUE; OPERATION DURATION; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 7044233068     PISSN: 10159584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60060-9     Document Type: Article

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