Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy in men aged ≥70 years

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1492-1495

  Greco, Kristin A ^a   Meeks, Joshua J ^a   Wu, Simon ^a   Nadler, Robert B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly; Prostate cancer; Robot assisted radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER NECK CONTRACTURE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CONTINENCE; DATA BASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 72349091907     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08718.x     Document Type: Article

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