Is there significance of the choice of prone versus supine position in the treatment of proximal ureter stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

European Urology

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 618-620

  Göktaş, Serdar ^a   Peşkircioǧlu, Levent ^a,b   Tahmaz, Lütfi ^a   Kibar, Yusuf ^a   Erduran, Doǧan ^a   Harmankaya, Çetin ^a  

^a GULHANE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Ureter stones proximal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPINE POSITION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE;

EID: 0033667414     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000020341     Document Type: Article

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