Low Quality of Evidence for Robot-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy: What About the Evidence for Open?

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 941-942

  Patel, Vipul R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IMPOTENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; QUALITY CONTROL; RESEARCH ETHICS; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; VALIDITY;

BENCHMARKING; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77951530178     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.02.017     Document Type: Editorial

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