LAPPRO: A prospective multicentre comparative study of robot-assisted laparoscopic and retropubic radical prostatectomy for prostate cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-112

  Thorsteinsdottir, Thordis ^a,b   Stranne, Johan ^c,d   Carlsson, Stefan ^d,e   Anderberg, Bo ^d   Björholt, Ingela ^f   Damber, Jan Erik ^a,c   Hugosson, Jonas ^a,c   Wilderång, Ulrica ^a   Wiklund, Peter ^d,e   Steineck, Gunnar ^a,d   Haglind, Eva ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^f Nordic Health Economic Research   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; prostate neoplasm; retropubic radical prostatectomy; robot assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; study design; urological surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC AND RETROPUBIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; AGED; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENDPOINT DETERMINATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951823050     PISSN: 00365599     EISSN: 16512065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365599.2010.532506     Document Type: Article

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