In Vitro Comparison of a Disposable Flexible Ureteroscope and Conventional Flexible Ureteroscopes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 2347-2351

  Boylu, Ugur ^a   Oommen, Mathew ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a   Lee, Benjamin R ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

disposable equipment; equipment and supplies; ureter; ureteroscopes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONVENTIONAL FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE; COST; DISPOSABLE FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE; FLOW RATE; FORCEPS; IN VITRO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROSCOPE; DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN;

DISPOSABLE EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; URETEROSCOPES;

EID: 70350452422     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.07.031     Document Type: Article

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