Retrograde flexible ureteroscopy: Reshaping the upper urinary tract endourology

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-13

  Geavlete, P ^a   Multescu, R ^a   Geavlete, B ^a  

^a Saint John Emergency Clinical Hospital   (Romania)

Author keywords

Deflection; Diverticulum; Durability; Flexible ureteroscopy; Hematuria; Lithiasis; Pyelocalicial; Upper urinary tract; Urothelial tumors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYSTEROSCOPE; METHODOLOGY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATHOLOGY; URETER; URETER DISEASE; URETEROSCOPY;

FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; KIDNEY CALCULI; URETER; URETERAL DISEASES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 79551528447     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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