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Mind the gap: management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) surgical candidates on antithrombotics

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  1. Department of Urology, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK

    Konstantinos Dimitropoulos

  2. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, School of Health Sciences, University of Thessaly, Larissa, Greece

    Stavros Gravas

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Dimitropoulos, K., Gravas, S. Mind the gap: management of benign prostatic obstruction (BPO) surgical candidates on antithrombotics. World J Urol 38, 247–248 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-018-02625-2

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