Fate of residual fragments after successful extracorporeal schock wave lithotripsy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 169-172

  Shigeta, Masanobu ^a   Kasaoka, Yoshinobu ^a   Yasumoto, Hiroaki ^b   Inoue, Katsumi ^a   Usui, Tsuguru ^a   Hayashi, Mutsuo ^b   Tazuma, Susumu ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Takanobashi Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Multivariate analysis; Residual fragment; Statistical study; Upper urinary tract calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033499450     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2042.1999.06443.x     Document Type: Article

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