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Can TRUS guidance reduce the incidence of positive margins during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy?

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boxed-textUkimura O et al. (2006) Real-time transrectal ultrasound guidance during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: impact on surgical margins. J Urol 175: 1304–1310

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