Dose a ureteral access sheath facilitate ureteroscopy?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 789-793

  Kourambas, John ^a   Byrne, Robert R ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Ureter; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETEROSCOPE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0034746226     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)66527-5     Document Type: Article

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