Principles and applications of laser lithotripsy: Experience with the holmium laser lithotrite

Journal of Clinical Laser Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 3-7

  Grasso, Michael ^a   Chalik, Yuly ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPY; HOLMIUM; SOLID STATE LASERS; UROLOGY;

HOLMIUM LASER LITHOTRITE; LASER LITHOTRIPSY;

LASER SURGERY;

N METHYL N [7 (1 PYRROLIDINYL) 1 OXASPIRO[4.5]DEC 8 YL]BENZENEACETAMIDE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0032006301     PISSN: 10445471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/clm.1998.16.3     Document Type: Article

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