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Editorial Comment

Editorial comment on: The role of continuous saline bladder irrigation after transurethral resection in patients with high-grade non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Pages 77-78 | Received 13 Dec 2018, Accepted 21 Dec 2018, Published online: 04 Feb 2019

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