Durability of Flexible Ureteroscopes: A Randomized, Prospective Study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 137-141

  Monga, Manoj ^a,b   Best, Sara ^c   Venkatesh, Ramakrishna ^d   Ames, Caroline ^d   Lee, Courtney ^e   Kuskowski, Michael ^b   Schwartz, Steven ^a,b   Vanlangendock, Richard ^g   Skenazy, Jason ^a,b   Landman, Jaime ^f  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c University of Wisconsin Centers   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^g LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

instrumentation; ureter; ureteroscopes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECORDING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TIME; URETEROSCOPE; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS; VISIBILITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; URETEROSCOPES;

EID: 33744787602     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00575-1     Document Type: Article

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