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Complications of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy

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While there are numerous possible side effects of prostatectomy (no matter which approach, open, perineal, laparoscopic or robot-assisted) like urinary incontinence and erectile dysfunction, there are some more or less specific complications of the surgery that need to be addressed.

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Wagner, C., Witt, J.H. (2018). Complications of Robot-Assisted Radical Prostatectomy. In: John, H., Wiklund, P. (eds) Robotic Urology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65864-3_49

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