Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 421-424 , February 2010

Outpatient Prostatectomy: Too Much Too Soon or Just What the Patient Ordered

Received 2 March 2009 ,Accepted 7 August 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02720-4

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.085

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 2 , Pages 421-424 , February 2010

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