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The narrow vesicourethral angle measured on postoperative cystography can predict urinary incontinence after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

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Pages 151-156 | Received 27 Sep 2017, Accepted 05 Jan 2018, Published online: 01 Feb 2018

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