Clinical effectiveness of new stent design: Randomized single-blind comparison of tail and double-pigtail stents

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 195-202

  Dunn, Matthew D ^a,d   Portis, Andrew J ^a   Kahn, Scott A ^a   Yan, Yan ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a   Elbahnasy, Abdelhamid M ^a   Bercowsky, Eduardo ^a   Hoenig, David M ^b   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^c   Mcdougall, Elspeth M ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Albert Einstein Hospital   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; SPASMOLYTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSURIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STENT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

EID: 0034120299     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2000.14.195     Document Type: Article

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