Comparison of the mechanical, flow, and optical properties of contemporary flexible ureteroscopes

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 800-804

  Chiu, Kun Yuan ^b   Cai, Yi ^b   Marcovich, Robert ^b   El Hakim, Assaad ^b   Smith, Arthur D ^b   Lee, Benjamin R ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST; ENGINEERING; INTESTINE PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY; URETEROSCOPE;

EID: 0242580213     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00672-1     Document Type: Article

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