Current management of severely encrusted ureteral stents with a large associated stone burden

Journal of Urology

Volumn 164, Issue 3 I, 2000, Pages 648-650

  Borboroglu, Prodromos G ^a   Kane, Christopher J ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Stent; Ureter; Urinary catheterization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ENDOUROLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0033890628     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005392-200009010-00007     Document Type: Article

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