Stenting after ureteroscopy: Pros and cons

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 173-180

  Knudsen, Bodo E ^a   Beiko, Darren T ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICTURITION DISORDER; MORBIDITY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER FISTULA; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETER SURGERY; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 1242316253     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(03)00091-0     Document Type: Review

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