Comparison of Clinical Outcome of Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy in Patients with Radiopaque ν Radiolucent Ureteral Calculi

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 863-865

  Cimentepe, Ersin ^a   Unsal, Ali ^a   Saglam, Remzi ^b   Balbay, M Derya ^a  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Uromed Urology Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; SIDE EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 0347356648     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/089277903772036154     Document Type: Article

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