Holmium laser lithotripsy of urinary calculi: Initial experience with the 200-micron holmium laser fiber

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 2970, Issue , 1997, Pages 456-459

  Beaghler, Marc A ^a   Poon, Michael W ^a   Ruckle, Herbert C ^a   Stewart, Steven C ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Holmium; Laser; Lithotripsy; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; FIBERS; FUNCTIONS; HOLMIUM; LASER SURGERY; LIGANDS; PATHOLOGY; POLES; SURGERY;

HOLMIUM LASERS; IN-VIVO; LITHOTRIPSY; RENAL CALCULUSES; RENAL STONES; SMALL DIAMETERS; URETERAL STONES; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

LASERS;

EID: 0005223118     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275076     Document Type: Conference Paper

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