The effect of minimally invasive prostatectomy on practice patterns of American urologists

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 255.e1-255.e5

  Oberlin, Daniel T ^a   Flum, Andrew S ^a   Lai, Jeremy D ^a   Meeks, Joshua J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

American board of urology; Practice patterns; Prostate cancer; Robotic prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CERTIFICATION; ENDOUROLOGIST; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; ONCOLOGIST; OPEN RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY; ROBOTIC ASSISTED LAPAROSCOPIC PROSTATECTOMY; SURGEON; UROLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; PROCEDURES; PROSTATE TUMOR; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS; UNITED STATES;

HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; PRACTICE PATTERNS, PHYSICIANS'; PROSTATECTOMY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; ROBOTIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; UNITED STATES; UROLOGISTS;

EID: 84959255051     PISSN: 10781439     EISSN: 18732496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2016.01.008     Document Type: Article

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