Management of encrusted ureteral stents impacted in upper tract

Urology

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 622-626

  Bultitude, Matthew F ^a   Tiptaft, Richard C ^a   Glass, Jonathan M ^a   Dasgupta, Prokar ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENCRUSTED URETER STENT; ENDOUROLOGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 0141449285     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-4295(03)00506-5     Document Type: Article

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