Combination 'sandwich' therapy for extensive renal calculi in 100 consecutive patients: Immediate, long-term and stratified results from a 10- year experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 342-345

  Streem, Stevan B ^a   Yost, Agnes ^a   Dolmatch, Bart ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Kidney calculi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030836668     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64474-4     Document Type: Article

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