Outpatient Prostatectomy: Too Much Too Soon or Just What the Patient Ordered

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 421-424

  Martin, Aaron D ^a   Nunez, Rafael N ^a   Andrews, Jack R ^a   Martin, George L ^a   Andrews, Paul E ^a   Castle, Erik P ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 75349105791     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.085     Document Type: Article

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