The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 6 , Pages 2291-2296 , December 2005

POTENCY FOLLOWING ROBOTIC RADICAL PROSTATECTOMY: A QUESTIONNAIRE BASED ANALYSIS OF OUTCOMES AFTER CONVENTIONAL NERVE SPARING AND PROSTATIC FASCIA SPARING TECHNIQUES

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 Submitted for publication March 18, 2005.Study received approval from the Institutional Review Board, Henry Ford Hospital.

PII: S0022-5347(01)68998-5

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000181825.54480.eb

The Journal of Urology
Volume 174, Issue 6 , Pages 2291-2296 , December 2005

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