Flexible ureterorenoscopy: Tips and tricks

Urology Annals

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-6

  Somani, Bhaskar Kumar ^a   Aboumarzouk, Omar ^b   Srivastava, Aneesh ^c   Traxer, Olivier ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

Calculi; flexible ureterorenoscopy; holmium laser; laser vaporization; lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; POLITEF;

BALLOON CATHETER; BASKETS; CYSTOSCOPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLEXIBLE URETERORENOSCOPY; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY AND LASERTRIPSY; FORCEPS; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY SURGERY; LASER; MATERIAL COATING; MECKEL DIVERTICULUM; MEDICAL DEVICE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE ENDOPYELOTOMY; RETROGRADE ENDOURETEROTOMY; REVIEW; SAFETY; STENT; STONE GRASPER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER CATHETER; URETER DILATATION; URETHROSCOPY; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROGENITAL ENDOSCOPY; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 84875756172     PISSN: 09747796     EISSN: 09747834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0974-7796.106869     Document Type: Review

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