Experience with the holmium laser as an endoscopic lithotrite

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 348-350

  Costello, A J ^a   Westcott, M J ^a   Peters, J S ^b  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Calculi; Holmium laser; Urology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASERS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URINARY BLADDER CALCULI;

EID: 0034110798     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.2000.01825.x     Document Type: Article

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