Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for the treatment of renal stones: Treatment policy is as important for success as type of lithotriptor and patient selection

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 20-27

  Grenabo, Lars ^a   Lindqvist, Klas ^a   Adami, Hans Olov ^b   Bergström, Reinhold ^b   Pettersson, Silas ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0031022474     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1997.01430250022003     Document Type: Article

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