Posterior reconstruction: Weighing the evidence

European Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 791-793

  Ghani, Khurshid R ^a   Menon, Mani ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; BLADDER NECK STENOSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATECTOMY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; RHABDOSPHINCTER POSTERIOR RECONSTRUCTION; ROBOTICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE INCONTINENCE; URINE RETENTION; UROLOGIC SURGERY;

EID: 84867090911     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.06.006     Document Type: Editorial

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