No Proof of Inferiority: Open Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy Remains State-of-the-Art Surgical Technique for Localized Prostate Cancer

Journal of Urology

Volumn 181, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2421-2423

  Blute, Michael L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349105390     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.03.029     Document Type: Note

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