Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: Tips, tricks and pitfalls

Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 89-96

  Mottrie, A ^a   De Naeyer, G ^a   Schatteman, P ^a   Frumenzio, E ^b   Rossanese, M ^a   Ficarra, V ^a  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Prostatectomy; Prostatic neoplasms; Surgical procedures, operative

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84862737444     PISSN: 03932249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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