Routine stentograms are not necessary before stent removal following radical cystectomy

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 772-775

  Pantuck, Allan J ^a   Weiss, Robert E ^a   Cummings, Kenneth B ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bladder neoplasms; Cost control; Cystectomy; Stents

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; URINARY DIVERSION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0030792861     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64313-1     Document Type: Article

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