Lymphadenectomy with robotic cystectomy

Current Urology Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-63

  Davis, John W ^a   Kamat, Ashish M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost comparison; Extended pelvic lymph node dissection; Invasive bladder cancer; Minimally invasive surgery; Robot assisted radical cystectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CYSTECTOMY; EXTENDED PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PELVIS LYMPHADENECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ROBOT ASSISTED EXTENDED PELVIC LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; ROBOT ASSISTED RADICAL CYSTECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY DIVERSION;

CARCINOMA, TRANSITIONAL CELL; CYSTECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; PELVIS; PROGNOSIS; ROBOTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84872416821     PISSN: 15272737     EISSN: 15346285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11934-012-0288-3     Document Type: Article

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