Low quality of evidence for robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy: results of a systematic review of the published literature.

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Published in Eur Urol on January 26, 2010

Authors

Diana C Kang1, Miranda J Hardee, Susan F Fesperman, Taryn L Stoffs, Philipp Dahm

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32610-0247, USA.

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