New concepts in the treatment of ureteral calculi

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 373-378

  Painter, Daniel J ^a   Keeley Jr, Francis X ^a  

^a SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE;

BALLOON DILATATION; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LITHOTRIPSY; STENTS; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0034961026     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00042307-200107000-00006     Document Type: Review

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