HOLMIUM: YAG LITHOTRIPSY YIELDS SMALLER FRAGMENTS THAN LITHOCLAST, PULSED DYE LASER OR ELECTROHYDRAULIC LITHOTRIPSY
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- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 159 (1), 17-23
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)63998-3
Abstract
Purpose: The mechanism of lithotripsy differs among electrohydraulic lithotripsy, mechanical lithotripsy, pulsed dye lasers and holmium:YAG lithotripsy. It is postulated that fragment size ...Keywords
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