The Journal of Urology
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 137-141 , July 2006

Durability of Flexible Ureteroscopes: A Randomized, Prospective Study

  • Manoj Monga

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Veterans Affairs Health Care System Minneapolis
    • Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence: Department of Urologic Surgery, University of Minnesota, Mayo Mailcode 394, 420 Delaware St. Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455 (telephone: 612-625-0662; FAX: 612-624-4430).
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Bard, Cook, Microvasive, Applied, Storz, Wolf, ACMI, Stryker, Olympus, Boehringer, Merck and Pfizer.
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  • Sara Best

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Urology, University of Wisconsin, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Ramakrishna Venkatesh

      Affiliations

    • Madison, Wisconsin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Caroline Ames

      Affiliations

    • Madison, Wisconsin, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
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  • Courtney Lee

      Affiliations

    • State University of New York-Brooklyn, Brooklyn
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  • Michael Kuskowski

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Steven Schwartz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Veterans Affairs Health Care System Minneapolis
    • Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Richard Vanlangendock

      Affiliations

    • Louisiana State University, Shreveport, Louisiana
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  • Jason Skenazy

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Veterans Affairs Health Care System Minneapolis
    • Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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  • Jaime Landman

      Affiliations

    • Columbia University, New York, New York
    • Financial interest and/or other relationship with Storz, Wolf, ACMI, Stryker and Olympus.

Received 7 August 2005

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PII: S0022-5347(06)00575-1

doi: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00575-1

The Journal of Urology
Volume 176, Issue 1 , Pages 137-141 , July 2006

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