Flexible ureterorenoscopy for the treatment of refractory upper urinary tract stones

BJU International

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-260

  Menezes, P ^a   Dickinson, A ^a   Timoney, A G ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrohydraulic lithotripter; Flexible ureterorenoscopg; Refractory stones

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0032767195     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410x.1999.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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