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Urology

Urine colour after radical prostatectomy predicts urinary leakage at the vesicourethral anastomosis

Gita M. SchoepplerDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals - Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany;Department of Urology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Dirk ZaakDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals - Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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Petra SchuhmannDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals - Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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Christian G. StiefDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals - Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
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Alexander BuchnerDepartment of Urology, University Hospitals - Grosshadern, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany
Pages 337-342 | Received 16 Jan 2012, Accepted 19 Apr 2012, Published online: 21 May 2012

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