Patient satisfaction with short stays for radical prostatectomy

Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 898-903

  Litwin, Mark S ^a   Shpall, Andrew I ^a   Dorey, Frederick ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH;

EID: 0031010961     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00103-9     Document Type: Article

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