Durability of reusable holmium: YAG laser fibers: A multicenter study

Journal of Urology

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 160-163

  Knudsen, Bodo E ^a   Pedro, Renato ^a   Hinck, Bryan ^a   Monga, Manoj ^a  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costbenefit analysis; Lasers; Lithotripsy; Optical fibers; Solid state; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST CONTROL; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; OPTICAL FIBERS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 78649981224     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2010.08.020     Document Type: Article

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