Nephrostomy tube drainage with pyeloplasty: Is it necessarily a bad choice?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 163, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1528-1530

  Austin, Paul F ^a   Cain, Mark P ^a   Rink, Richard C ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

Drainage; Kidney; Surgical anastomosis; Urinary diversion

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; URINARY DIVERSION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0034048583     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)67671-9     Document Type: Article

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