Influence of pyelocaliceal anatomy on the success of flexible ureteroscopic approach

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2235-2239

  Geavlete, Petrisor ^a   Multescu, Razvan ^a   Geavlete, Bogdan ^a  

^a Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALICES; PLIABILITY; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 54249143556     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.9719     Document Type: Conference Paper

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