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01-02-2022 | Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy | Letter to the Editor

Comment on: Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction: the UNBLOCS RCT

Authors: Giorgio Bozzini, Lorenzo Berti, Matteo Maltagliati, Benedikt Becker, Thomas R. W. Herrmann, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi, Carlo Buizza, Bernardo Rocco

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 2/2022

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Dear Editors-in-Chief, …

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Title: Comment on: Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction: the UNBLOCS RCT
Authors: Giorgio Bozzini
Lorenzo Berti
Matteo Maltagliati
Benedikt Becker
Thomas R. W. Herrmann
Maria Chiara Sighinolfi
Carlo Buizza
Bernardo Rocco
Publication date: 01-02-2022
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Keywords: Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy
Transurethral Prostate Resection
Laser
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 2/2022
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-020-03545-w

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