Proximal ureteral stent migration: An avoidable complication?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-61

  Slaton, Joel W ^a   Kropp, Kenneth A ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Stents; Ureter; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URETER DISEASE; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029655678     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)66539-X     Document Type: Article

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