Stepwise approach for nerve sparing without countertraction during robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: technique and outcomes.

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Published in Eur Urol on May 17, 2011

Authors

Keith J Kowalczyk1, Andy C Huang, Nathanael D Hevelone, Stuart R Lipsitz, Hua-yin Yu, William D Ulmer, Joshua R Kaplan, Sunil Patel, Paul L Nguyen, Jim C Hu

Author Affiliations

1: Division of Urologic Surgery, Brigham and Women's/Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02130, USA.

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