In-Hospital Outcomes and Cost Assessment Between Bipolar Versus Monopolar Transurethral Resection of the Prostate
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Endourology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0892-7790,1557-900X
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0592