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Use of a barbed suture for continuous urethro-vesical anastomosis during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy

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  1. Department of Urology, Austin Health, Studley Road, Heidelberg, Melbourne, VIC, 3084, Australia

    David Pan, Shomik Sengupta & David R. Webb

  2. Suite 103, 320 Victoria Parade, East Melbourne, VIC, 3002, Australia

    Shomik Sengupta

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David Pan and Shomik Sengupta contributed equally as first author.

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Pan, D., Sengupta, S. & Webb, D.R. Use of a barbed suture for continuous urethro-vesical anastomosis during robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy. J Robotic Surg 6, 241–242 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11701-011-0299-y

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