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Comment
. 2022 Feb;40(2):615-616.
doi: 10.1007/s00345-020-03545-w. Epub 2021 Jan 1.

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

Giorgio Bozzini  1   2 , Lorenzo Berti  3   4 , Matteo Maltagliati  3   4 , Benedikt Becker  5 , Thomas R W Herrmann  6   7 , Maria Chiara Sighinolfi  4 , Carlo Buizza  3 , Bernardo Rocco  4   7
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Comment on: Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction: the UNBLOCS RCT

Giorgio Bozzini et al. World J Urol. 2022 Feb.
No abstract available

Keywords: Benign prostatic hyperplasia; Lower urinary tract symptoms; TURP; ThuVARP; Thulium laser.

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