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Successful removal of an encrusted metallic ureteral stent using a disposable ureteroscope and Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy

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  1. Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Takashi Kawahara, Kota Kobayashi, Shinnosuke Kurora & Hiroji Uemura

  2. Department of Renal Transplantation, Yokohama City University Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan

    Takashi Kawahara, Kota Kobayashi, Shinnosuke Kurora & Hiroji Uemura

  3. Department of Urology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

    Takashi Kawahara & Masahiro Yao

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Kawahara, T., Kobayashi, K., Kurora, S. et al. Successful removal of an encrusted metallic ureteral stent using a disposable ureteroscope and Ho:YAG laser lithotripsy. Urolithiasis 48, 281–282 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-019-01171-9

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