Comparison of the costs and morbidity of percutaneous and open flank procedures

Journal of Urology

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1986, Pages 1150-1152

  Brown, M W ^a   Carson III, C C ^a   Dunnick, N R ^a   Weinerth, J L ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THERAPY;

EID: 0022649666     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(17)46020-4     Document Type: Article

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