Durability of working channel in flexible ureteroscopes when inserting ureteroscopic devices

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 223-226

  Seto, Chikashi ^a,b   Ishiura, Yoshiyuki ^a   Egawa, Masayuki ^a   Komatsu, Kazuto ^a   Namiki, Mikio ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITINOL;

ARTICLE; CONTACT ANGLE; DEVICE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FIBEROSCOPE; FORCEPS; HOLMIUM LASER; INSTRUMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUBE; URETEROSCOPE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33646085324     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.223     Document Type: Article

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