Flexible ureteroscopes: A user's guide

BJU International

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 640-643

  Parkin, J ^a   Keeley Jr , F X ^a   Timoney, A G ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Comparison; Deflection; Flexible ureteroscopes; Irrigation flow rate; User assessment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPE; FLOW RATE; FORCEPS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; LITHOTRIPSY; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URETEROSCOPE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0036434168     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2002.03017.x     Document Type: Article

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