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

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  1. Department of Urology, ASST Valle Olona, Ospedale di Busto Arsizio, Busto Arsizio, Varese, Italy

    Giorgio Bozzini, Lorenzo Berti, Matteo Maltagliati & Carlo Buizza

  2. Department of Urology, Università Degli Studi Di Modena E Reggio Emilia, Modena, Modena, Italy

    Lorenzo Berti, Matteo Maltagliati, Maria Chiara Sighinolfi & Bernardo Rocco

  3. Department of Urology, Asklepios Hospital Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany

    Benedikt Becker

  4. Department of Urology, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Spital Thurgau AG, Frauenfeld, Switzerland

    Thomas R. W. Herrmann

  5. ESUT European Section for UroTechnology is a section of EAU (European Association of Urology), Arnhem, The Netherlands

    Giorgio Bozzini, Thomas R. W. Herrmann & Bernardo Rocco

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Bozzini, G., Berti, L., Maltagliati, M. et al. Comment on: Thulium laser transurethral vaporesection versus transurethral resection of the prostate for benign prostatic obstruction: the UNBLOCS RCT. World J Urol 40, 615–616 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-020-03545-w

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