Treatment of refractory kidney transplant ureteral strictures using balloon cautery endoureterotomy

Urology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 536-539

  Schwartz, Bradley F ^a,c   Chatham, James R ^a   Bretan, Peter ^b   Goharderakhshan, Reza ^b   Stoller, Marshall L ^b  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Laparoscopy and Minimally Invasive Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

ADULT; BALLOON DILATATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0034811266     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(01)01275-4     Document Type: Article

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