Is the pediatric ureter as efficient as the adult ureter in transporting fragments following extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for renal calculi larger than 10 mm?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1862-1864

  Holmes, Nicholas M ^a   Baskin, Laurence S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Kidney calculi; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROSTOMY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER;

EID: 0034800260     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-5347(05)65707-2     Document Type: Article

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