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01-01-2018 | Letter to the Editor

Response to: Greenlight^® users should move from photoselective vaporization to endoscopic enucleation in larger prostates

Benoit Peyronnet, Vincent Misrai, Tev Aho, Henry Woo, Thomas Herrmann, Fernando Gomez-Sancha

Authors: Malek Meskawi, Pierre Alain Hueber, Roger Valdivieso, Alexis E. Te, Bilal Chugthai, Naeem Bhojani, Kevin C. Zorn

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 1/2018

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Dear Editor, …

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Title: Response to: Greenlight® users should move from photoselective vaporization to endoscopic enucleation in larger prostates
Benoit Peyronnet, Vincent Misrai, Tev Aho, Henry Woo, Thomas Herrmann, Fernando Gomez-Sancha
Authors: Malek Meskawi
Pierre Alain Hueber
Roger Valdivieso
Alexis E. Te
Bilal Chugthai
Naeem Bhojani
Kevin C. Zorn
Publication date: 01-01-2018
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 1/2018
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-017-2101-x

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