Pelvic lymph node dissection for patients with elevated risk of lymph node invasion during radical prostatectomy: Comparison of open, laparoscopic and robot-assisted procedures

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 748-753

  Silberstein, Jonathan L ^a   Vickers, Andrew J ^a   Power, Nicholas E ^a   Parra, Raul O ^a   Coleman, Jonathan A ^a   Pinochet, Rodrigo ^a   Touijer, Karim A ^a   Scardino, Peter T ^a   Eastham, James A ^a   Laudone, Vincent P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; GLEASON SCORE; HUMAN; HYPOGASTRIC PLEXUS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NOMOGRAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGEON;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PELVIS; PROSTATECTOMY; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84861979563     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0266     Document Type: Article

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