Double-pigtail stents for distal ureteral calculi: An alternative form of definitive treatment

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 224-226

  Deliveliotis, Ch ^a   Ginanakopoulos, S ^a   Louras, G ^a   Koutsokalis, G ^a   Alivizatos, G ^a   Kostakopoulos, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Stents; Ureteral calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRACTABLE PAIN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0029847872     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282919     Document Type: Article

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