Do patients expect too much from extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 386-388

  Quatan, Nadine ^a   Kouriefs, Chris ^a,b   Larking, Anna ^a   Boyd, P John ^a  

^a ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b St Leonards on Sea   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lithotripsy; Patient satisfaction; Survey

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CODEINE; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MIDAZOLAM; PARACETAMOL; PETHIDINE; PIROXICAM;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CLEARANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTAL MAIL; SCORING SYSTEM;

HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 0242636220     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588403322520735     Document Type: Article

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