A cohort study evaluating robotic versus laparotomy surgical outcomes of obese women with endometrial carcinoma

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 604-607

  Subramaniam, Akila ^a   Kim, Kenneth H ^b   Bryant, Shannon A ^a   Zhang, Bin ^a   Sikes, Christa ^a   Kimball, Kristopher J ^b   Kilgore, Larry C ^b   Huh, Warner K ^b   Straughn Jr , John M ^b   Alvarez, Ronald D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endometrial carcinoma; Laparotomy; Obesity; Outcomes; Robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BODY MASS; CANCER STAGING; CHI SQUARE TEST; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM FUNCTION DISORDER; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FISHER EXACT TEST; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROTOMY; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG COMPLICATION; LYMPH NODE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOTICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT T TEST; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND COMPLICATION;

COHORT STUDIES; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GYNECOLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051553035     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.05.024     Document Type: Article

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