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. 2006 Mar 19;6:2553–2559. doi: 10.1100/tsw.2006.395

Future Directions of Robotic Surgery: A Case Study of the Cornell Athermal Robotic Technique of Prostatectomy

Robert A Leung 1, Tara S Kim 1, Ashutosh K Tewari 1,*
PMCID: PMC5917190  PMID: 17619730

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.

Keywords: prostate neoplasms, robotics, prostate imaging, instrumentation, surgery


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