Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 735-740 , October 2009

Robot-assisted Partial Nephrectomy: Current Perspectives and Future Prospects

  • Gagan Gautam

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • ,
  • Brian M. Benway

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Sam B. Bhayani

      Affiliations

    • Division of Urology, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
    • ,
  • Kevin C. Zorn

      Affiliations

    • Section of Urology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Kevin C. Zorn, M.D., Section of Urology, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave MC-6038, Chicago, IL 60637

Received 20 December 2008 ,Accepted 25 March 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)00507-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.03.041

Urology
Volume 74, Issue 4 , Pages 735-740 , October 2009

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