Safety and efficacy of holmium:YAG laser lithotripsy in patients with bleeding diatheses

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 442-445

  Watterson, James D ^a,b   Girvan, Andrew R ^a,b   Cook, Anthony J ^a,b   Beiko, Darren T ^a,b   Nott, Linda ^a,b   Auge, Brian K ^a,b   Preminger, Glenn M ^a,b   Denstedt, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Calculi; Hemorrhage; Laser; Lithotripsy; Urinary tract

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING TENDENCY; BLEEDING TIME; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMORRHAGE; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; VON WILLEBRAND DISEASE;

EID: 0036074778     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64654-X     Document Type: Article

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