1.2 French stone retrieval baskets further enhance irrigation flow in flexible ureterorenoscopy

Urological Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 153-157

  Bedke, Jens ^a   Leichtle, Ulf ^a   Lorenz, Andrea ^a   Nagele, Udo ^b   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a   Kruck, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b General Hospital Hall IT ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

Breaking strength; Deflection; Irrigation flow; Miniature instruments; Stone baskets; Ureteroscopic surgery

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LAVAGE; MATERIALS TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRENGTH; URETERORENOSCOPY; URETEROSCOPY; URINE FLOW RATE; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGICAL EQUIPMENT; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPE; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY; FLOW RATE; STONE RETRIEVAL BASKET; UROLOGICAL SURGICAL EQUIPMENT;

BIOMECHANICS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; MINIATURIZATION; RHEOLOGY; THERAPEUTIC IRRIGATION; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 84880921953     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: 14340879     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-012-0540-9     Document Type: Article

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