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Robotic partial nephrectomy and early unclamping: an evolving paradigm

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Goonewardene, S.S., Brown, M. & Challacombe, B. Robotic partial nephrectomy and early unclamping: an evolving paradigm. J Robotic Surg 11, 93–94 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-015-0549-5

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