Laser endopyelotomy: Minimally invasive therapy of ureteropelvic junction stenosis

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 537-544

  Renner, Christian ^a,b   Frede, Thomas ^a   Seemann, Othmar ^a   Rassweiler, Jens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b Am Gesundbrunnen ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBER; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MALE; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; SCHOOL CHILD; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER CATHETER; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY; YAG LASER;

EID: 0032423424     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1998.12.537     Document Type: Article

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