Efficacy of flexible fibreoptic ureteroscopy and holmium laser in retrograde intrarenal surgery for calyceal calculi

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 217-220

  Doddamani, D ^a   Sinha, Tapan ^b   Talwar, Raghav ^a  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Ministry of Defence Government Of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE FIBEROPTIC URETEROSCOPY; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERAPY EFFECT; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 83755206021     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(11)60044-0     Document Type: Article

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