Quality of evidence to compare outcomes of open and robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 229-236

  Duffey, Branden ^a   Varda, Briony ^a   Konety, Badrinath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Prostate neoplasm; Prostatectomy; Robotics

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RADICAL RETROPUBIC PROSTATECTOMY; RECTUM INJURY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; SEXUAL FUNCTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT FUNCTION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE; WOUND INFECTION;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 79955834714     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-011-0180-6     Document Type: Article

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