Technical innovations in endourological stone therapy;Technische innovationen in der endoskopischen steintherapie

Urologe - Ausgabe A

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 587-590

  Honeck, P ^a   Nagele, U ^b   Michel, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous flow URS; Endourology; PNL; Ureterorenoscopy; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

SEALANT;

ARTICLE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHOLAPAXY; NEPHROSTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FORECASTING; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; KIDNEY CALCULI; MINIATURIZATION; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 44149092361     PISSN: 03402592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00120-008-1735-0     Document Type: Article

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