Open surgical exploration after failed endopyelotomy: A 12-year perspective

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1613-1619

  Gupta, Mantu ^a   Tuncay, Omer L ^a   Smith, Arthur D ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

hydronephrosis; kidney diseases; kidney failure; ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; REOPERATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

EID: 0030899697     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64808-0     Document Type: Article

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