Update on contact lithotripsy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 571-575

  Michel, Maurice Stephan ^a   Köhrmann, Kai Uwe ^a   Alken, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACT LITHOTRIPSY; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASOUND; URETEROSCOPY;

HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0033679963     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200011000-00006     Document Type: Review

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