Lateral decubitus position for percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in the morbidly obese or kyphotic patient

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 383-386

  Gofrit, Ofer N ^a   Shapiro, Amos ^a   Donchin, Yoel ^a   Bloom, Allan I ^a   Shenfeld, Ofer Z ^a   Landau, Ezekiel H ^a   Pode, Dov ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY POSTURE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HYPERCAPNIA; HYPOXEMIA; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; KYPHOSIS; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE DISSOLUTION; TILTING; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY;

EID: 0036687865     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277902760261437     Document Type: Article

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