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Original Article

Treatment of recurrent vesicourethral anastomotic stricture after radical prostatectomy using plasma-button vaporization

Pages 371-376 | Received 11 Sep 2014, Accepted 20 Jan 2015, Published online: 19 Feb 2015

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