Flexible Robotic Retrograde Renoscopy: Description of Novel Robotic Device and Preliminary Laboratory Experience

Urology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 42-46

  Desai, Mihir M ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Gill, Inderbir S ^a   Pascal Haber, Georges ^a   Ukimura, Osamu ^a   Kaouk, Jihad H ^a   Stahler, Gregory ^b   Barbagli, Federico ^b   Carlson, Christopher ^b   Moll, Fredric ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Hansen Medical Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CATHETER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOSCOPY; ROBOTICS; SWINE; URETEROSCOPY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ANIMALS; BALLOON DILATATION; CATHETERIZATION; ENDOSCOPES; ENDOSCOPY; IRRIGATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; ROBOTICS; SUS SCROFA; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 45849127201     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.01.076     Document Type: Article

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