Difficulties of delivering urological care to remote areas

Matthew Winter^{1

2}, Manish I Patel^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Nepean Urology Research Group, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Urology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Specialty of Surgery, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Urology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Editorial

Matthew Winter et al. ANZ J Surg. 2021 Apr.

. 2021 Apr;91(4):483-484.

doi: 10.1111/ans.16688.

Matthew Winter^{1

2}, Manish I Patel^{3

4}

¹ Nepean Urology Research Group, Nepean Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
² Department of Urology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
³ Specialty of Surgery, Sydney Medical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
⁴ Department of Urology, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

No abstract available

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