Simple modifications in operating room processes to reduce the times and costs associated with robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 955-960

  Rebuck, David A ^a   Zhao, Lee C ^a   Helfand, Brian T ^a   Casey, Jessica T ^a   Navai, Neema ^a   Perry, Kent T ^a   Nadler, Robert B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

AGED; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATING ROOMS; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79959290806     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0534     Document Type: Article

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