Current indications for open stone surgery in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 241-244

  Sy, F Y ^a   Wong, M Y C ^a   Foo, K T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY PELVIS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; OBESITY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0033093155     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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