Endopyelotomy with ureteral cutting balloon device: Long term follow up of 13 patients

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 90, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 713-717

  Umekawa, Tohru ^a   Iguchi, Masanori ^a   Amasaki, Naoya ^a   Yamate, Takanori ^a   Konya, Eiji ^a   Kurita, Takashi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acucise ureteral cutting balloon device; Endopyelotomy; Ureteropelvic junction obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON CATHETER; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PYELOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER CATHETER; URETER DILATATION; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032830116     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.90.713     Document Type: Article

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