Is open pyeloplasty still justified?

British Journal of Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-381

  Arun, N ^a   Kekre, N S ^a   Nath, V ^a   Gopalakrishnan, G ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Outcome; Pelvi ureteric junction obstruction; Pyeloplasty

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; RENOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0031395295     PISSN: 00071331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1997.00310.x     Document Type: Article

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