Outcomes assessment in men undergoing open retropubic radical prostatectomy, laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, and robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-89

  Kowalczyk, Keith J ^a   Yu, Hua yin ^a   Ulmer, William ^b   Williams, Stephen B ^a   Hu, Jim C ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimally invasive; Outcomes; Prostate cancer; Radical prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSTATE TUMOR; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84856213896     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-011-0662-7     Document Type: Review

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