Percutaneous access to upper pole renal stones: Role of prone 3-dimensional computerized tomography in inspiratory and expiratory phases

Journal of Urology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 124-126

  Ng, Christopher S ^a   Herts, Brian R ^a   Streem, Stevan B ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging, three dimensional; Kidney; Kidney calculi; Nephrostomy, percutaneous; Tomography, spiral computed

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAPHRAGM; EVALUATION; EXPIRATORY FLOW; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSPIRATORY CAPACITY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PLEURA; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIB; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; STONE FORMATION; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

EID: 10344258085     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000146792.69885.1b     Document Type: Article

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