Radical Prostatectomy-Only Centers: The Future in Genitourinary Surgery?

European Urology

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 953-954

  Wirth, Manfred P ^a   Froehner, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EDITORIAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOCELE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT MONITORING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; QUALITY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTATECTOMY; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77951620986     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2010.02.032     Document Type: Editorial

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