Flexible ureterorenoscopy for the treatment of lower pole calyx stones: influence of different lithotripsy probes and stone extraction tools on scope deflection and irrigation flow.

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Published in Eur Urol on March 01, 2002

Authors

Maurice Stephan Michel1, Thomas Knoll, Taras Ptaschnyk, Kai Uwe Köhrmann, Peter Alken

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, University Hospital Mannheim, 68135 Mannheim, Germany. maurice-stephan.michel@uro.ma.uni-heidelberg.de

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