"Pass the ball!" simultaneous flexible nephroscopy and retrograde intrarenal surgery for large residual upper-pole staghorn stone

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 844-847

  Undre, Shabnam ^a   Mustafa, Nazar ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAGHORN STONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 10344244052     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2004.18.844     Document Type: Conference Paper

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