Laser lithotripsy: A review of 20 years of research and clinical applications

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 341-356

  Dretler, Stephen P ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

biliary calculi; flashlamp pulsed tunable dye laser; flexible ureteroscopy; fragility; semi rigid ureteroscopy; ureterscopy; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

DYE LASER; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; LASER; LITHOTRIPSY; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMAN; LASERS; LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0023787924     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: 10969101     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.1900080403     Document Type: Review

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