The GreenLight laser, an example of flexibility: Lessons learned from the Italian GreenLight Study Group

Keywords

Prostate / Benign prostatic hyperplasia / Surgery / Green light laser

Acknowledgments

None.

Statement of ethics

Not applicable.

Conflicts of interest statement

PD received speaking honoraria from Boston Scientific Corporation. No conflict of interest has been declared by the other authors.

Funding source

None.

Author contributions

MS: Writing of the manuscript;

PD: Critical review of the manuscript;

PG: Critical review of the manuscript.

Data availability

The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.

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