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Letter to the Editor regarding the article “The “Omega Sign”: a novel HoLEP technique that improves continence outcomes after enucleation”

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  1. Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence—Unit of Oncologic Minimally-Invasive Urology and Andrology, Careggi Hospital, Florence, Italy

    Agostino Tuccio, Antonio Andrea Grosso, Fabrizio Di Maida, Andrea Mari & Andrea Minervini

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AT: project development and manuscript writing. AAG: project development and manuscript writing. FDM: manuscript editing. AM: manuscript editing.AM: project development.

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Tuccio, A., Grosso, A.A., Di Maida, F. et al. Letter to the Editor regarding the article “The “Omega Sign”: a novel HoLEP technique that improves continence outcomes after enucleation”. World J Urol 40, 1067–1068 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-021-03667-9

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