The evolution and progress of ureteroscopy

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 5-13

  Johnston III, William K ^a   Low, Roger K ^b   Das, Sakti ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

DEVICE; FIBER OPTICS; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; PEDIATRICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URETER STONE; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; UROLOGY;

EID: 1242271335     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(03)00100-9     Document Type: Review

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