The management of renal caliceal calculi with a newly designed ureteroscope: A rigid ureteroscope with a deflectable tip

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-26

  Yinghao, Sun ^a   Yang, Bo ^a   Gao, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY RUPTURE; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; PLIABILITY; URETEROSCOPES;

EID: 75149153396     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0030     Document Type: Article

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