Outcome and safety of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy as first-line therapy of lower pole nephrolithiasis

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 350-354

  Riedler, Ildiko ^a   Trummer, Harald ^a   Hebel, Peter ^a   Hubmer, Gerhart ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Lower pole nephrolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SAFETY; STONE ANALYSIS; STONE DISSOLUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SAFETY;

EID: 0344628781     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074084     Document Type: Article

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