Commentary on the Article "Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Comparing Prostatic Artery Embolisation to Gold-Standard Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia"

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, 9007, Switzerland. dominik.abt@kssg.ch.
² Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, 9007, Switzerland.
³ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, Switzerland.

Editorial

Dominik Abt et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;44(2):194-195.

doi: 10.1007/s00270-020-02706-z. Epub 2020 Nov 17.

¹ Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, 9007, Switzerland. dominik.abt@kssg.ch.
² Department of Urology, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, 9007, Switzerland.
³ Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen, St. Callen, Switzerland.

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Comment on

Systematic Review and Meta-analysis Comparing Prostatic Artery Embolization to Gold-Standard Transurethral Resection of the Prostate for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia.
Knight GM, Talwar A, Salem R, Mouli S. Knight GM, et al. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021 Feb;44(2):183-193. doi: 10.1007/s00270-020-02657-5. Epub 2020 Oct 19. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2021. PMID: 33078236

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