Retrograde ureteropyeloscopic treatment of 2 cm. or greater upper urinary tract and minor staghorn calculi

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 346-351

  Grasso, Michael ^a   Conlin, Michael ^a   Bagley, Demetrius ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Endoscopy; Kidney calculi; Lithotripsy; Ureteral calculi; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ENDOSCOPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STAGHORN STONE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0032322192     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62892-1     Document Type: Article

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