Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for lower pole nephrolithiasis: Efficacy and variables that influence treatment outcome

Urology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 544-547

  Talic, Riyadh F ^a   El Faqih, Salah R ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT SELECTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; LITHOTRIPSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031923815     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(97)00699-7     Document Type: Article

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