Intrarenal use of the holmium laser

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 198-202

  Das, Akhil ^a,b   Erhard, Michael J ^a,b   Bagley, Demetrius H ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEMOURS CHILDREN S CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Endoscopy; Holmium; Intrarenal; Laser; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY TUMOR; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LASER SURGERY; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030844487     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9101(1997)21:2<198::AID-LSM12>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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