Impact of body mass index on perioperative outcomes during the learning curve for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy

Journal of the Canadian Urological Association

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 250-254

  Chalasani, Venu ^a   Martinez, Carlos H ^a   Lim, Darwin ^a   Bareeq, Reem Al ^a   Wignall, Geoffrey R ^a   Stitt, Larry ^a   Pautler, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

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EID: 77957730973     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19116470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.09083     Document Type: Article

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