Urinary tract stones - Part I: Role of radiological imaging in diagnosis and treatment planning

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 415-421

  Sandhu, C ^a   Anson, K M ^a   Patel, Uday ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Renal calculi; Renal colic; Urinary tract stones

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ANAPHYLAXIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 0037864166     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-9260(03)00103-X     Document Type: Review

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