Is lower pole caliceal anatomy predictive of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy success for primary lower pole kidney stones?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2377-2382

  Sorensen, Carsten M ^a   Chandhoke, Paramjit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Kidney; Kidney calculi; Kidney calices; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; ENDOSCOPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036893869     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)64149-3     Document Type: Article

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