Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 701-705 , March 2010

Modified Suprapubic Prostatectomy Without Irrigation Is Safe

  • Chukwudi O. Okorie

      Affiliations

    • Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons, Banso Baptist Hospital, Kumbo, NWP, Cameroon
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Chukwudi O. Okorie, M.D., Banso Baptist Hospital, Box 9, Kumbo, NWP, Cameroon
    • ,
  • Martin Salia

      Affiliations

    • Pan African Academy of Christian Surgeons, Banso Baptist Hospital, Kumbo, NWP, Cameroon
    • ,
  • Ping Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas
    • ,
  • Louis L. Pisters

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas

Received 7 April 2009 ,Accepted 28 June 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02442-X

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.06.109

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 3 , Pages 701-705 , March 2010

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