A new SWL titanium stent (Zebra Stent®): Resistance to shockwave exposure

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 584-588

  Buchholz, Noor N P ^a,c   Cannaby, Clive ^a   Fong, Ruby ^a   Gray, Andrew ^b   Andrews, Henry O ^a   Birch, Malcolm J ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; TITANIUM;

CONFERENCE PAPER; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; MICRORADIOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STENT;

HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYTETRAFLUOROETHYLENE; STENTS; TITANIUM; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 22244435637     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.584     Document Type: Conference Paper

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