Impact of shockwave coupling on efficacy of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 137-140

  Weiland, Derek ^a   Lee, Courtney ^a   Ugarte, Roland ^b   Monga, Manoj ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Midwest Stone Management   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY GATED LITHOTRIPTER; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SHOCK WAVE; TIME; TREATMENT DURATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 33947359908     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0179     Document Type: Article

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