Optimal power settings for holmium:YAG lithotripsy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 187, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 914-919

  Sea, Jason ^a,b,c   Jonat, Lee M ^a,b,c   Chew, Ben H ^a,b,c   Qiu, Jinze ^a,b,c   Wang, Bingqing ^a,b,c   Hoopman, John ^a,b,c   Milner, Thomas ^a,b,c   Teichman, Joel M H ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

calcium oxalate; efficiency; lasers; lithotripsy; solid state; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

GLASS FIBER; HOLMIUM;

ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 84862792611     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.10.147     Document Type: Article

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