Intravenous urography revisited in the age of ultrasound and computerized tomography: Diagnostic yield in cases of renal colic, suspected pelvic and abdominal malignancies, suspected renal mass, and acute pyelonephritis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 221-226

  Andresen, R ^a   Wegner, H E H ^b  

^a Free University School of Medicine   (United Kingdom)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computerized tomography; Hematuria; Hydronephrosis; Intravenous urography; Nephrolithiasis; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL CANCER; ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; IMAGING; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PELVIS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; ULTRASOUND; URETER OBSTRUCTION; X RAY FILM;

EID: 0030838636     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: 14230399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000282988     Document Type: Article

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