Clinical efficacy of combined lithoclast and lithovac stone removal during ureteroscopy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 40-42

  Delvecchio, Fernando C ^a   Kuo, Ramsay L ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a   Kramolowsky, Eugene V ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Virginia Urology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Lithotripsy; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0033918998     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67444-7     Document Type: Article

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