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Is an artificial urinary sphincter more effective than a urethral bulking agent for postprostatectomy incontinence?

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boxed-textImamoglu MA et al. (2005) The comparison of artificial urinary sphincter implantation and endourethral Macroplastique injection for the treatment of postprostatectomy incontinence. Eur Urol 47: 209–213

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