A critical systematic review of recent clinical trials comparing open retropubic, laparoscopic and robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

Reviews on Recent Clinical Trials

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 241-249

  Heer, R ^a,b   Raymond, I ^b   Jackson, M J ^b   Soomro, N A ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

MeSH: prostatectomy; Outcome assessment (health care)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTICS; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY INCONTINENCE;

EID: 80051742547     PISSN: 15748871     EISSN: 18761038     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488711796575513     Document Type: Article

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