Robot-assisted versus other types of radical prostatectomy: Population-based safety and cost comparison in Japan, 2012-2013

Cancer Science

Volumn 105, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1421-1426

  Sugihara, Toru ^a,b   Yasunaga, Hideo ^b   Horiguchi, Hiromasa ^c   Matsui, Hiroki ^b   Fujimura, Tetsuya ^b   Nishimatsu, Hiroaki ^b   Fukuhara, Hiroshi ^b   Kume, Haruki ^b   Changhong, Yu ^a   Kattan, Michael W ^a   Fushimi, Kiyohide ^d   Homma, Yukio ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

^d TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laparoscopy; Minimally invasive; Prostatic neoplasm; Robot technology; Surgical procedures

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER STAGING; COMORBIDITY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTOR; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84911417613     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/cas.12523     Document Type: Article

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