Adult endopyelotomy: Impact of etiology and antegrade versus retrograde approach on outcome

Journal of Urology

Volumn 160, Issue 3 I, 1998, Pages 685-689

  Shalhav, Arieh L ^a   Giusti, Guido ^a   Elbahnasy, Abdelhamid M ^a   Hoenig, David M ^a   McDougall, Elspeth M ^a   Smith, Deborah S ^a   Maxwell, Keegan L ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Endoscopy; Kidney pelvis; Nephrostomy; Percutaneous; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; COST; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; RATING SCALE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032324251     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(01)62755-1     Document Type: Article

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