RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Laparoscopic prostatectomy: A promising option in the treatment of prostate cancer
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 113
OP 121
VO 71
IS 2
A1 Andrew P. Steinberg
A2 Inderbir S. Gill
YR 2004
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/71/2/113.abstract
AB It is still too soon to know if a laparoscopic approach is as good or even better than open surgical radical prostatectomy, the gold standard. Early data seem to suggest lower intraoperative bleeding rates, less postoperative pain, shorter hospital stay, and similar rates of oncologic cure, return to potency, and urinary continence.