Is the Holmium:YAG laser the best intracorporeal lithotripter for the ureter? A 3-year retrospective study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-309

  Gupta, Pawan Kumar ^a,b  

^a R P Stone Clinic (P) Ltd   (India)

^b Urban Estate ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 34247207683     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0247     Document Type: Article

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