Holmium:YAG percutaneous nephrolithotomy: The laser incident angle matters

Journal of Urology

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 690-694

  Teichman, Joel M H ^a   Rao, Ramesh D ^a   Glickman, Randolph D ^a   Harris, J Mansel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Holmium; Lasers; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOPHYSICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENERGY ABSORPTION; GUIDE WIRE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; YAG LASER;

EID: 0031883584     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)63701-7     Document Type: Article

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