Holmium:YAG laser treatment of ureteral calculi: A 5-year experience

Lasers in Medical Science

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 170-174

  Farkas, A ^a   Peteri L ^b   Lorincz, L ^a   Salah, M A ^a   Flasko T ^a   Varga, A ^a   Toth Cs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b Department of Urology   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Holmium:YAG laser; Lasertripsy; Ureteral stones; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; HOLMIUM; YTTRIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEVISION CAMERA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETER STONE; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER THERAPY; LASER THERAPY, LOW-LEVEL; LASERS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33748790087     PISSN: 02688921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10103-006-0392-z     Document Type: Article

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