Retrograde ureteroscopic endopyelotomy

Atlas of the Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 155-163

  Urena, Ruben ^a   Mendez, Freddy ^a   Thomas, Raju ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAUTERIZATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PYELOTOMY; RETROGRADE URETEROSCOPIC ENDOPYELOTOMY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0345827937     PISSN: 10635777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1063-5777(03)00041-0     Document Type: Review

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