Lower pole caliceal stone clearance after ESWL : The effect of infundibulopelvic angle

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 890-894

  Lojanapiwat, Bannakij ^a   Soonthornpun, Surithorn ^a   Wudhikarn, Supot ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Clearance; ESWL; Lower Pole Caliceal Stone

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; KIDNEY PELVIS; LITHOTRIPSY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033192195     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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