Does robotic technology mitigate the challenges of large prostate size?

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1117-1121

  Skolarus, Ted A ^a,b   Hedgepeth, Ryan C ^a,b   Zhang, Yun ^b   Weizer, Alon Z ^a   Montgomery, Jeffrey S ^a   Miller, David C ^a,b   Wood Jr , David P ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CONTINENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; ORGAN SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SIZE; PROSTATE; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 78149362309     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.03.060     Document Type: Article

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