Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 358-362 , July 2009

The failure of a nerve sparing template to improve urinary continence after radical prostatectomy: Attention to study design

Received 20 November 2007 ,Revised 27 January 2008 ,Accepted 31 January 2008.

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PII: S1078-1439(08)00034-3

doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2008.01.013

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 27, Issue 4 , Pages 358-362 , July 2009

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