Techniques of ureteroscopy

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-69

  Sprunger, Jason K ^a   Herrell III, S Duke ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; INSTRUMENT; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; TECHNIQUE; URETER DILATATION; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 1242293765     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(03)00093-4     Document Type: Review

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