Based on optimal efficacy regarding disintegration and stone clearance, combined with minimal invasiveness, extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) represents the first choice therapy for urolithiasis. Further developments in ESWL have related more to economic aspects than to improvement of disi
Treatment of ureteral stone disease: the role of ESWL and endourology
β Scribed by K. Miller; G. Fuchs; J. Rassweiler; F. Eisenberger
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 694 KB
- Volume
- 3
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0724-4983
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