Advances in Ureterorenoscopy

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 397-408

  Beiko, Darren T ^a   Denstedt, John D ^b,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER STENT; URETERORENOSCOPY; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; STENTS; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; VIDEO-ASSISTED SURGERY;

EID: 34547470026     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2007.05.003     Document Type: Review

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