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Policy Guidelines for Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology

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Urologic Robotic Surgery

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  1. Ralph Madeb
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  2. Joy Knopf
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  3. Gregory Oleyourryk
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Children’s Hospital of New Jersey, Newark, NJ

    Jeffrey A. Stock MD

  2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA

    Jeffrey A. Stock MD

  3. Center for Minimally Invasive Urologic Surgery, Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, NJ, USA

    Michael P. Esposito MD  & Vincent J. Lanteri MD  & 

  4. Department of Urology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

    David M. Albala MD

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Madeb, R., Knopf, J., Oleyourryk, G., Eichel, L., Valvo, J.R. (2008). Policy Guidelines for Robot-Assisted Surgery in Urology. In: Stock, J.A., Esposito, M.P., Lanteri, V.J., Albala, D.M. (eds) Urologic Robotic Surgery. Current Clinical Urology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-128-4_15

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