Extracorporeal piezoelectric shockwave lithotripsy of ureteral stones: Are second-generation lithotripters obsolete?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 543-547

  Virgili, Guido ^a,c   Mearini, Ettore ^b   Micali, Salvatore ^a   Miano, Roberto ^a   Vespasiani, Giuseppe ^a   Porena, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE;

EID: 0032749942     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1999.13.543     Document Type: Article

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