Pneumatic lithotriptor - A useful tool for challenging renal stone surgery

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 283-289

  Yavascaoglu I ^a   Yenihayat, K ^a   Oktay, B ^a   Simsek U ^a   Ozyurt M ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PYELOTOMY; STAGHORN STONE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033427720     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007153515248     Document Type: Article

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