A Plea for Integrating Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery in Everyday Urology: The Rules of the Game

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 307-309

  Montorsi, Francesco ^a  

^a VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL DISEASE; BLADDER SURGERY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; PARTIAL NEPHRECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 34250791302     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.05.005     Document Type: Editorial

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