Outcomes using a fourth-generation lithotripter: A new benchmark for comparison?

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1356-1360

  Nomikos, Michael S ^a   Sowter, Steven J ^a   Tolley, David A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HM 3; Lithotripsy; Outcome; Renal calculi; Sonolith Vision

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BENCHMARKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748964131     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07117.x     Document Type: Article

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