Robotic partial nephrectomy: The real benefit

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-64

  Rogers, Craig ^a   Sukumar, Shyam ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^b  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

da Vinci robot; laparoscopic partial nephrectomy; nephron sparing surgery; robotassisted partial nephrectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS;

HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650510518     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283402232     Document Type: Article

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