A coming of age-percutaneous endopyelotomy and a technique to watch out for, that is ureteroscopic surgery for upper tract transitional cell carcinoma

Journal of Urology

Volumn 157, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1620-1621

  Fuchs, G J ^a  

^a UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EDITORIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOPYELOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0030970054     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64811-0     Document Type: Editorial

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