Update on flexible ureteroscopy

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Buscarini, Maurizio ^a,b   Conlin, Michael ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Urology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Endourology; Laser; Ureteral stent; Ureteral stone; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

DEVICE; ENDOUROLOGY; GUIDE WIRE; HISTORY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MEDLINE; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; HUMANS; LASERS; MATERIALS TESTING; SOFTWARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC DISEASES; UROLOGY;

EID: 38349160644     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111721     Document Type: Review

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