Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Paediatric Urology Practice in Europe: A Reflection from the European Association of Urology Young Academic Urologists

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: anne-francoise.spinoit@uzgent.be.
² Department of Paediatric Urology, Ordensklinikum Linz, Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria; Department of Urology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Paediatric Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Urology, Charité University Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁷ Division of Paediatric Urology, Department of Urology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

Anne-Françoise Spinoit et al. Eur Urol. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;78(1):122-124.

doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2020.04.019. Epub 2020 Apr 15.

¹ Department of Urology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: anne-francoise.spinoit@uzgent.be.
² Department of Paediatric Urology, Ordensklinikum Linz, Hospital of the Sisters of Charity, Linz, Austria; Department of Urology, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
³ Department of Paediatric Urology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
⁴ Department of Urology, Charité University Clinic, Berlin, Germany.
⁵ Department of Urology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Department of Paediatric Surgery, Leeds Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Leeds, UK.
⁷ Division of Paediatric Urology, Department of Urology, Istanbul Medeniyet University, Istanbul, Turkey.

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