Future directions of robotic surgery: a case study of the Cornell athermal robotic technique of prostatectomy

Robert A Leung; Tara S Kim; Ashutosh K Tewari

doi:10.1100/tsw.2006.395

Future directions of robotic surgery: a case study of the Cornell athermal robotic technique of prostatectomy

ScientificWorldJournal. 2006 Mar 19:6:2553-9. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2006.395.

Authors

Robert A Leung¹, Tara S Kim, Ashutosh K Tewari

Affiliation

¹ Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Department of Urology, New York, USA.

Abstract

Robotic radical prostatectomy (RRP) has become an effective modality in the treatment of localized prostate cancer. We detail the experience at our institution and provide a perspective for future considerations of RRP with respect to improved preoperative imaging and surgical instrumentation.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Laparoscopes
Laparoscopy / methods*
Male
Operating Rooms
Prostate-Specific Antigen
Prostatectomy / instrumentation*
Prostatectomy / methods
Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery
Quality of Life
Robotics*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / instrumentation*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / methods*
Surgery, Computer-Assisted / trends*
Temperature

Substances

Prostate-Specific Antigen