Urology
Volume 76, Issue 5 , Pages 1083-1087 , November 2010

Simple Method of Preventing Postoperative Inguinal Hernia After Radical Retropubic Prostatectomy

  • Kazumi Taguchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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  • Takahiro Yasui

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Takahiro Yasui, M.D., Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiroki Kubota

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • ,
  • Katsuhiro Fukuta

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • ,
  • Daichi Kobayashi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Hiromichi Naruyama

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Atsushi Okada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Yasuyuki Yamada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kainan Hospital Aichi, Prefectural Welfare Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Yatomi, Japan
    • ,
  • Keiichi Tozawa

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
    • ,
  • Kenjiro Kohri

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nephro-urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

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PII: S0090-4295(10)00651-5

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.05.002

Urology
Volume 76, Issue 5 , Pages 1083-1087 , November 2010

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