Re: A comparison of the incidence and location of positive surgical margins in robotic assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy and open retropubic radical prostatectomy: J. A. Smith, Jr., R. C. Chan, S. S. Chang, S. D. Herrell, P. E. Clark, R. Baumgartner and M. S. Cookson. J Urol 2007; 178: 2385-2390

J Urol. 2008 Nov;180(5):2257; author reply 2257. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.07.078. Epub 2008 Sep 27.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Humans
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Incidence
  • Laparoscopy / adverse effects
  • Laparoscopy / methods*
  • Laparotomy / adverse effects
  • Laparotomy / methods*
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / epidemiology*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Prostatectomy / instrumentation
  • Prostatectomy / methods
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / pathology
  • Prostatic Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Robotics*
  • Sensitivity and Specificity