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Time to say good bye to shockwave lithotripsy?

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  1. Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Turkey

    Berkan Resorlu, Eyup Burak Sancak, Alpaslan Akbas & Murat Tolga Gulpinar

  2. Canakkale Onsekiz Mart Universitesi Tıp Fakültesi Hastanesi, Cumhuriyet mahallesi, Sahil Yolu, No: 5, Kepez, Canakkale, Turkey

    Berkan Resorlu

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Resorlu, B., Sancak, E.B., Akbas, A. et al. Time to say good bye to shockwave lithotripsy?. World J Urol 32, 297–298 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-013-1109-0

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