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Peripherals for Mechanical Stone Manipulation

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Ureteroscopy is one of the mainstays of stone treatment. The advent of nitinol based technology has been imperative to its success in allowing the urologist to safely access the urinary tract to allow stone manipulation and retrieval.

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Lynch, C. (2023). Peripherals for Mechanical Stone Manipulation. In: Tolofari, S., Moon, D., Starmer, B., Payne, S. (eds) Imaging and Technology in Urology . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26058-2_54

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