Comparison of flexible ureteroscopes: Deflection, irrigant flow and optical characteristics

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2017-2021

  Abdelshehid, Corollos ^a   Ahlering, Michael T ^a   Chou, David ^a   Park, Hyung Keun ^a   Basillote, Jay ^a   Lee, David ^a   Kim, Isaac ^a   Eichel, Louis ^a   Protsenko, Dmitriy ^b   Wong, Brian ^b   McDougall, Elspeth ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics; Irrigation; Surgical instruments; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE; FLOW RATE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LIGHT DEFLECTION; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHT REFRACTION; MEASUREMENT; MICTURITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROSCOPE;

EID: 21044448036     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000158139.65771.0a     Document Type: Article

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