Utility of the lithoclast in the treatment of upper, middle and lower ureteric calculi

Surgeon

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 144-148

  Akhtar, M S ^a   Akhtar, F K ^a  

^a Ameeruddin Medical College PGMI Lahore General Hospital M Phil Stud   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Intracorporeal lithotripsy; Lithoclast; Ureteric calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HEMATURIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RELIABILITY; SAFETY; SEPSIS; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0037532646     PISSN: 1479666X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1479-666X(03)80093-8     Document Type: Article

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