Ureteroscopic lithotripsy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 329-333

  Grasso III, Michael ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOSCOPE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0032779007     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-199907000-00010     Document Type: Review

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40. 2 were felt to be beat treated endoscopically. In addition, patients treated ureteroscopically were stone-free within 2 days compared with as long as 4 months in the extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy group.