Variations of the position of the colon as applied to percutaneous nephrostomy

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 421-425

  Boon, J M ^a   Shinners, B ^a   Meiring, J H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Percutaneous nephrostomy; Retrorenal colon

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; COLON; COLON INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUPINE POSITION;

EID: 0035723973     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-001-0421-3     Document Type: Article

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