Experience with the Memotherm stent in high-risk urinary retention patients

Japanese Journal of Urology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 481-486

  Maru, Norio ^b   Shitara, Toshiya ^b   Yamashita, Hideyuki ^b   Minei, Sadanori ^a   Shimura, Satoru ^a   Hamashima, Toshinori ^a   Baba, Shiro ^b  

^a Yokohama General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

High risk; Memotherm stent; Urinary retention

Indexed keywords

NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MICTURITION; RESIDUAL URINE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URINE FLOW RATE; URINE RETENTION; URINE VOLUME;

EID: 0038659067     PISSN: 00215287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.94.481     Document Type: Article

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