Comparison of a Novel Radially Dilating Balloon Ureteral Access Sheath to a Conventional Sheath in the Porcine Model

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2042-2045

  Harper, Jonathan D ^a   Ebrahimi, Kamyar Y ^a   Auge, Brian K ^b   Lamberton, Gregory R ^a   Pham, Angie K ^a   Zuppan, Craig ^a   Albala, David M ^c   Preminger, Glenn M ^c   Baldwin, D Duane ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

balloon dilatation; calculi; swine; ureter; wounds and injuries

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; URETER DISEASE; URETER INJURY; URETEROSCOPY; UROTHELIUM; VIDEORECORDING;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; FEMALE; SUS SCROFA; URETER; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 41749118156     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.12.042     Document Type: Article

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