Initial clinical evaluation of a new pneumatic intracorporeal lithotripter

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 629-632

  Rané, Abhay ^a   Kommu, Sashi S ^a   Kandaswamy, S V ^b   Rao, Pradeep ^c   Aron, Monish ^d   Kumar, Rajeev ^d   Gupta, Narmada ^d  

^a EAST SURREY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Vedanayagam Hospital   (India)

^c Mamata Hospital   (India)

^d ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Calculus; Intracorporeal; Lithotripsy; Lithotripter; Pneumatic; Stone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROSTOLITHOTOMY; PNEUMATIC INTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 34547633488     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07003.x     Document Type: Article

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