Urology
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , July 2007

Independent Analysis of Olympus Flexible Ureteroscope Repairs

Received 1 February 2006 ,Accepted 27 February 2007.

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PII: S0090-4295(07)00296-8

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.02.065

Urology
Volume 70, Issue 1 , Pages 11-15 , July 2007