Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy: Superiority over laparoscopic partial nephrectomy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 122-131

  Shiroki, Ryoichi ^a   Fukami, Naohiko ^a   Fukaya, Kosuke ^a   Kusaka, Mamoru ^a   Natsume, Takahiro ^b   Ichihara, Takashi ^b   Toyama, Hiroshi ^a  

^a FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Kidney tumor; Nephron sparing surgery; Robot assisted partial nephrectomy; Warm ischemic time

Indexed keywords

BARBED SUTURE; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANCER CONTROL; COLD ISCHEMIA; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; JAPAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; LAPAROSCOPIC PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRON SPARING SURGERY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; REVIEW; ROBOT ASSISTED PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; SURFACE AREA; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; URINE INCONTINENCE; VASCULAR CLAMP; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; JAPAN; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LAPAROSCOPY; NEPHRECTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84947759522     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/iju.13001     Document Type: Review

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