The radiolucent ureteric calculus at the end of a contrast-medium column: Where to focus the shock waves

BJU International

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 325-328

  Buchholz, N P N ^a,b   Van Rossum, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNITED LINCOLNSHIRE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contrast medium; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Radiolucent; Ureteric stones

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; SHOCK WAVE; STONE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE;

ADULT; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 0035695769     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-410X.2001.02337.x     Document Type: Article

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