Robot-assisted versus laparoscopic nephroureterectomy for uppertract urothelial cancer: A population-based assessment of costs and perioperative outcomes

Canadian Urological Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9-10, 2014, Pages e695-e701

  Trudeau, Vincent ^a   Gandaglia, Giorgio ^a,b   Shiffmann, Jonas ^a,c   Popa, Ioana ^a   Shariat, Shahrokh F ^d   Montorsi, Francesco ^b   Perrotte, Paul ^a   Trinh, Quoc Dien ^e   Karakiewicz, Pierre I ^a   Sun, Maxine ^a  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c Prostate Cancer Center Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

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EID: 84919916309     PISSN: 19116470     EISSN: 19201214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.2051     Document Type: Article

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