Treatment of lower ureteral stones: Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy or intracorporeal lithotripsy?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-81

  Biri, Hasan ^a   Küpeli, Bora ^a,b   Isen, Kenan ^a   Sinik, Zafer ^a   Karaoǧlan, Üstünol ^a   Bozkirli, Ibrahim ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONFERENCE PAPER; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0344286511     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1999.13.77     Document Type: Conference Paper

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