Ureteral access strategies: Pro-access sheath

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 71-81

  Vanlangendonck, Richard ^a   Landman, Jaime ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM; NITINOL;

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COST; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; KIDNEY TUBULE PRESSURE; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; TECHNIQUE; URETER; URETER INJURY; URETERAL ACCESS SHEATH; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 1242293764     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(03)00095-8     Document Type: Review

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