Radical prostatectomy: Is the perineal approach more difficult to learn?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 230-232

  Mokulis, Joseph ^a   Thompson, Ian ^a  

^a BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

prostate; prostatectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031060401     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)65333-3     Document Type: Article

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