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- Title
Pneumothorax: A rare complication of extraperitoneal robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.
- Authors
Shimizu, Yousuke; Kanamaru, Sojun; Ito, Noriyuki
- Abstract
A case study of 69-year-old man is presented, who underwent robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) for prostate cancer. Topics discussed include risk factors for pneumothorax during transperitoneal laparoscopic surgery, pathophysiology of pneumothorax associated with extraperitoneal pelvic laparoscopy, and report of pneumothorax during extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy.
- Subjects
SURGICAL robots; PROSTATE cancer treatment; LAPAROSCOPIC surgery; PNEUMOTHORAX; PROSTATECTOMY
- Publication
International Journal of Urology, 2015, Vol 22, Issue 12, p1171
- ISSN
0919-8172
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.1111/iju.12910