Endoscopic antegrade laser incision in the treatment of urethral stricture

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 968-972

  Matsuoka, Kei ^a   Inoue, Michirou ^a   Iida, Shizuka ^a   Tomiyasu, Katsurou ^a   Noda, Shinshi ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GUIDE WIRE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPE; URETHRA STRICTURE; URETHROTOMY; URINE CATHETER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; URETEROSCOPES; URETHRAL STRICTURE;

EID: 0036899849     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01994-5     Document Type: Article

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