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“Can we try to avoid surgery first?”—Real-world experience with surgery for Peyronie’s disease in the post-intralesional collagenase setting

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    Reza Kianian, Keith V. Regets, Jesse N. Mills & Sriram V. Eleswarapu

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Conceptualization: RK, JNM, and SVE; Data curation: RK and KVR; Formal analysis: RK, JNM, and SVE; Investigation: RK, KVR, JNM, and SVE; Project administration: RK, KVR, JNM, and SVE; Supervision: JNM and SVE; Visualization: RK and SVE; Writing – original draft: RK, KVR, JNM, and SVE. Writing – review & editing: RK, KVR, JNM, and SVE.

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Correspondence to Sriram V. Eleswarapu.

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JNM serves as a consultant to Boston Scientific Corporation, Endo Pharmaceuticals, and Halozyme Therapeutics and receives compensation. KVR serves as a speaker for Boston Scientific Corporation and Halozyme Therapeutics and receives compensation. RK and SVE declare no potential conflicts of interest.

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Kianian, R., Regets, K.V., Mills, J.N. et al. “Can we try to avoid surgery first?”—Real-world experience with surgery for Peyronie’s disease in the post-intralesional collagenase setting. Int J Impot Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41443-023-00713-5

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