Is traditional laparoscopy the real competitor of robot-assisted partial nephrectomy?

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1034-1036

  Mottrie, Alexandre ^a   Borghesi, Marco ^a,b   Ficarra, Vincenzo ^a,c  

^a OLV HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; EXCISION; HEMOSTASIS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPY; LEARNING CURVE; OPERATION DURATION; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOT ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 84868582728     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.07.039     Document Type: Editorial

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