Flexible ureteroscopy: Washington University experience with the 9.3F and 7.5F flexible ureteroscopes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2074-2080

  Elashry, Osama M ^b   Elbahnasy, Abdelhamid M ^b   Rao, Ganesh S ^b   Nakada, Stephen Y ^b   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

endoscopy; kidney diseases; ureteral calculi; ureteral diseases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER DISEASE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

EID: 0030961621     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64677-9     Document Type: Article

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