New endourologic technology for simultaneous Holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy and fragment evacuation for PCNL: Ex-Vivo comparison to standard ultrasonic lithotripsy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1537-1539

  Michel, M S ^a   Honeck, P ^a   Alken, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EX VIVO STUDY; HOLMIUM LASER; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THEORETICAL MODEL; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY;

KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50649117013     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0131     Document Type: Article

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