The impact of robotic surgery on the surgical management of prostate cancer in the USA

BJU International

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 929-936

  Chang, Steven L ^a   Kibel, Adam S ^a   Brooks, James D ^b   Chung, Benjamin I ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

diffusion of innovation; health expenditures; physician's practice patterns; prostatic neoplasms; robotics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE COST; MASS COMMUNICATION; PROCEDURES; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGED; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; SURGEONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930033292     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bju.12850     Document Type: Article

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