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Response to comment regarding article with title: ‘’does bipolar energy provide any advantage over monopolar surgery in transurethral resection of non-muscle invasive bladder tumors? A systematic review and meta-analysis’’

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  1. Second Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio General Hospital, Athens, Greece

    Lazaros Tzelves, Panagiotis Mourmouris & Andreas Skolarikos

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Tzelves, L., Mourmouris, P. & Skolarikos, A. Response to comment regarding article with title: ‘’does bipolar energy provide any advantage over monopolar surgery in transurethral resection of non-muscle invasive bladder tumors? A systematic review and meta-analysis’’. World J Urol 39, 4289–4290 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-020-03396-5

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