Ureteroscopic treatment of renal calculi in morbidly obese patients: A stone-matched comparison

Urology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 393-397

  Dash, Atreya ^a   Schuster, Timothy G ^a   Hollenbeck, Brent K ^a   Faerber, Gary J ^a   Wolf Jr, J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0036754201     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(02)01776-4     Document Type: Article

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