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Does antiseptic washout reduce penile prosthesis infection following revision surgery?

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The synopsis was written by Sandra Michelmore, Associate Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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  1. Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University,

    Drogo K Montague

  2. Section of Prosthetic Surgery and Genitourethral Reconstruction in the Glickman Urological Institute at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH, USA

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Montague, D. Does antiseptic washout reduce penile prosthesis infection following revision surgery?. Nat Rev Urol 2, 222–223 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpuro0180

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