In-vivo evaluation of flow characteristics of novel metal ureteral stent

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 780-783

  Blaschko, Sarah D ^a   Deane, Leslie Allan ^a   Krebs, Alfred ^a   Abdelshehid, Corollos S ^a   Khan, Farhan ^a   Borin, James ^a   Nguyen, Alex ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; COBALT; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MINIPIG; NEPHROSTOMY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURING METHOD; URETER LIGATION; URETER STENT;

ALLOYS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; STENTS; SWINE; SWINE, MINIATURE; URETER; URODYNAMICS;

EID: 34548181764     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0315     Document Type: Article

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