Performance and safety of holmium: YAG laser optical fibers

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1092-1097

  Knudsen, Bodo E ^a,f   Glickman, Randolph D ^b   Stallman, Kenneth J ^b   Maswadi, Saher ^c   Chew, Ben H ^a   Beiko, Darren T ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a   Teichman, Joel M H ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Providence Health Care   (Canada)

^f THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENERGY; FLOW RATE; HOLMIUM LASER; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; URETERONEPHROSCOPY; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

ALUMINUM; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HOLMIUM; LASERS; SAFETY; URETEROSCOPES; YTTRIUM;

EID: 28044447177     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.1092     Document Type: Article

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