Rebuttal from authors re: Vincenzo Ficarra, Antonio Galfano and Stefano Cavalleri. Is simple enucleation a minimal partial nephrectomy responding to the EAU guidelines' recommendations? Eur Urol 2009;55:1315-8

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Andrea Minervini et al. Eur Urol. 2009 Jun.

. 2009 Jun;55(6):1319-20.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.09.002. Epub 2008 Sep 17.

¹ Department of Urology, University of Florence, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy. andreamine@libero.it

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