Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy for upper urinary tract calculi in 598 patients

Journal of Urology

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 31-34

  Sofer, Mario ^a   Watterson, James D ^a   Wollin, Timothy A ^a   Nott, Linda ^a   Razvi, Hassan ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Calculi; Kidney; Lasers; Lithotripsy; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPE; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SAFETY; ULTRASOUND; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0036135270     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)65376-1     Document Type: Article

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