Review: The use of shock waves in medicine—a tool of the modern OR: An overview of basic physical principles, history and research

Minimally Invasive Therapy and Allied Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 42067, 2000, Pages 247-253

  Thiel, M ^a   Nieswand, M ^a   Dorffel M ^a  

^a HMT High Medical Technologies AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

extracorporeal shock wave; lithotripsy; orthopedics; urology

Indexed keywords

AVASCULAR NECROSIS; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BONE DISEASE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OPERATING ROOM; ORTHOPEDICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SHOCK WAVE; TENDINITIS; TRAUMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; OPERATING ROOMS; ORTHOPEDIC EQUIPMENT; ORTHOPEDICS; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 0033824669     PISSN: 13645706     EISSN: 13652931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645700009169655     Document Type: Review

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