Intracorporeal lithotripters: Selecting the optimum machine

BJU International

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 157-161

  Noor Buchholz, N P ^a  

^a LINCOLN COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER; LITHOTRIPSY; MACHINE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SHOCK WAVE; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER DISEASE; VIBRATION; CYSTOSCOPE; EDEMA; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH CARE COST; HOLMIUM LASER; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MUCOSAL BLEEDING; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; UROLITHIASIS; YAG LASER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; ULTRASONIC THERAPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0036160104     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-4096.2001.00118.x     Document Type: Review

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