IMPACT OF BODY MASS INDEX ON RADICAL CYSTECTOMY
- 1 October 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 172 (4 Part 1) , 1281-1285
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ju.0000138785.48347.aa
Abstract
Purpose: Radical cystectomy has a significant rate of morbidity and it is important to elucidate the factors that contribute to this risk. Obesity is a major problem in the United States an...Keywords
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