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Patient Selection and Perioperative Management

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Robotic Urologic Surgery

Abstract

Robotic surgery is rapidly gaining popularity throughout the United States. Increasing numbers of hospitals are offering robotic procedures for a variety of indications. Surgical patients, especially those considered higher risk, benefit from the minimally invasive nature of robotic surgery.

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  1. Department of Urologic Oncology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA

    Gregg E. Zimmerman MD, Khurshid A. Guru MD, Hyung L. Kim MD & James L. Mohler MD

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  1. Center for Robotic and Computer-Assisted Surgery and for Robotic and Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA

    Vipul R. Patel MD (Director, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics) (Director, Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery and Associate Professor of Bioinformatics)

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Zimmerman, G.E., Guru, K.A., Kim, H.L., Mohler, J.L. (2007). Patient Selection and Perioperative Management. In: Patel, V.R. (eds) Robotic Urologic Surgery. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-84628-704-6_8

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