Urology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 778-781 , April 2005

Use of mobile extracorporeal shock wave lithotripter: Experience in a pediatric institution

This study was presented at the European Society of Pediatric Urology 2002 Annual Meeting.

  • William Defoor

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: William DeFoor, M.D., Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnett Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039
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  • Nafisa Dharamsi

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Preston Smith

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Davinder Sekhon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • James Colombo

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • David Riden

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Pramod Reddy

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
    • ,
  • Curtis Sheldon

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee
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  • Eugene Minevich

      Affiliations

    • Division of Pediatric Urology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
    • Division of East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee

Received 25 August 2004 ,Accepted 19 November 2004.

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PII: S0090-4295(04)01381-0

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2004.11.035

Urology
Volume 65, Issue 4 , Pages 778-781 , April 2005

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