Simulation-based flexible ureteroscopy training using a novel ureteroscopy part-task trainer
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Urological Association Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1920-1214,1911-6470
DOI: 10.5489/cuaj.2811