Wallstents for the treatment of extrinsic malignant ureteral obstruction: Midterm results

Radiology

Volumn 198, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-108

  Lugmayr, Herbert F ^a   Pauer, Walter ^b  

^a Department of Radiology   (Austria)

^b GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

Stents and prostheses; Ureter, interventional procedure; Ureter, stenosis or obstruction; Ureter, stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STRICTURE;

EID: 0030028628     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.198.1.8539359     Document Type: Article

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