Extended Pelvic Lymph Node Dissection in Robotic-assisted Radical Prostatectomy: Surgical Technique and Initial Experience

Urology

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1199-1204

  Yee, David S ^a   Katz, Darren J ^a   Godoy, Guilherme ^a   Nogueira, Lucas ^a   Chong, Kian Tai ^a   Kaag, Matthew ^a   Coleman, Jonathan A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BIFURCATION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; STANDARDIZATION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VIDEORECORDING; WORK EXPERIENCE;

AGED; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77951666897     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.103     Document Type: Article

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