Use of a flexible carbon dioxide laser fiber for precise dissection of the neurovascular bundle during robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1091-1096

  Cheetham, Philippa J ^a   Truesdale, Matthew D ^a   Lee, Daniel J ^a   Landman, Jaime M ^a   Badani, Ketan K ^a  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CARBON DIOXIDE LASER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISSECTION; ENDOSCOPY; FASCIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEUROVASCULAR BUNDLE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SAFETY; VASCULAR PEDICLE;

AGED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LASERS, GAS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77954945934     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0132     Document Type: Article

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