Use of self-expanding permanent endoluminal stents for benign ureteral strictures: Mid-term results

Journal of Urology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-322

  Pauer, Walter ^a   Eckerstorfer, Gudrun M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Stents; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT PATENCY; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; UROTHELIUM;

EID: 0032870010     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)68549-7     Document Type: Article

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