Urology
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 404-407 , March 2008

Surgeons’ Perceptions and Injuries During and After Urologic Laparoscopic Surgery

Received 29 October 2006 ,Accepted 12 July 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02404-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.07.077

Urology
Volume 71, Issue 3 , Pages 404-407 , March 2008

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