Interval from prostate biopsy to robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (RALP): Effects on surgical difficulties

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 664-668

  Kim, In Sung ^a   Na, Woong ^b   Nam, Jung Su ^b   Oh, Jong Jin ^b   Jeong, Chang Wook ^b   Hong, Sung Kyu ^b   Byun, Seok Soo ^b   Lee, Sang Eun ^b  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Prostate biopsy; Prostate neoplasms; Robot assisted prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; OPERATION DURATION; PENIS ERECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80655147175     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2011.52.10.664     Document Type: Article

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