Simple retrograde balloon dilation for treatment of ureteral strictures: Etiology-based analysis

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 273-278

  Byun, Seok Soo ^a   Kim, Jeong Hyun ^b   Oh, Seong June ^a   Kim, Hyeon Hoe ^a  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Balloon dilatation; Survival analysis; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; OPERATION DURATION; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT;

EID: 0038396132     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2003.44.2.273     Document Type: Article

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