Urology
Volume 72, Issue 2 , Pages 428-431 , August 2008

Repair of Rectal Injury During Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Prostatectomy

  • David S. Yee

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: David Yee, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Urology, University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine, 101 The City Drive, Building 26, Room 24, Route 81, Orange, CA 92868.
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  • David K. Ornstein

Received 8 August 2007 ,Accepted 4 December 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)02591-5

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.12.022

Urology
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