Cost-effectiveness of open versus laparoscopic versus robotic-assisted laparoscopic cystectomy and urinary diversion

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 415-419

  Zehnder, Pascal ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; cystectomy; laparoscopic; open; robotic assisted

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BLADDER SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; OPERATING ROOM; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY ADJUSTED LIFE YEAR; REVIEW; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC CYSTECTOMY; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY DIVERSION; UROGENITAL TRACT DISEASE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; QUALITY-ADJUSTED LIFE YEARS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER DISEASES; URINARY DIVERSION;

EID: 80051762408     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3283490582     Document Type: Review

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