The case for primary endoscopic management of upper urinary tract calculi: I. A critical review of 121 extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy failures

Urology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 363-371

  Grasso, Michael ^a,b,c   Loisides, Peter ^a,b   Beaghler, Marc ^a,b   Bagley, Demetrius ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CALCIUM OXALATE STONE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0028825519     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(99)80002-8     Document Type: Article

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