Non contrast computerized tomography and dynamic renal scintigraphy in the evaluation of patients with renal colic: Are both necessary?

European Urology

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 188-191

  German, Igor ^a   Lantsberg, Sophia ^b   Crystal, Pavel ^b   Assali, Murad ^a   Rachinsky, Irina ^b   Kaneti, Jacob ^a   Neulander, Endre Z ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Dynamic renal scintigraphy; Renal colic; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

PENTETATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY COLIC; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STENT; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS; COLIC; FEMALE; KIDNEY DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; SCINTISCANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036668370     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0302-2838(02)00271-3     Document Type: Article

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