Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy in the Management of Complex Upper Urinary Tract Calculi: The Singapore General Hospital Experience

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 516-519

  Nguyen, H C ^b   Tan, Y H ^b   Wong, Michael Y C ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Staghorn calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS; TIME; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; TIME FACTORS; URINARY CALCULI; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0036633180     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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