Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2012

Nerve-sparing robotic prostatectomy in preoperatively high-risk patients is safe and efficacious

Received 24 September 2009 ,Revised 23 November 2009 ,Accepted 23 November 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2009.11.023

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 30, Issue 1 , Pages 26-32 , January 2012

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