Cost-effectiveness of New Treatments for Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Results of a Randomized Trial Comparing the Short-term Cost-effectiveness of Transurethral Interstitial Laser Coagulation of the Prostate, Transurethral Microwave Thermotherapy and Standard Transurethral Resection or Incision of the Prostate

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