Complications of ureteroscopy

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 157-171

  Johnson, D Brooke ^a   Pearle, Margaret S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVULSION INJURY; BLEEDING; EXTRAVASATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTUSSUSCEPTION; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THERMAL INJURY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; VESICOURETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 1242316254     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0094-0143(03)00089-2     Document Type: Review

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