Ureteral frozen sections at the time of radical cystectomy: Reliability and clinical implications

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 28-32

  Touma, Naji ^a   Izawa, Jonathan I ^a   Abdelhady, Mazen ^a   Moussa, Madeleine ^b   Chin, Joseph L ^a  

^a Divisions of Urology and Surgical Oncology   (Canada)

^b WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 76149123236     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.08107     Document Type: Article

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