Use of nephrostomy tubes in ureteric obstruction from incurable malignancy

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 180-181

  Little, Brian ^a   Ho, K J ^a   Gawley, S ^a   Young, M ^a  

^a CRAIGAVON AREA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; COMPLICATION; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY TUBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CREATININE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PALLIATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL NEOPLASMS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0037399009     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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