Management of ureteric stones: Issues and controversies

BJU International, Supplement

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-93

  Gettman, Matthew T ^a   Segura, Joseph W ^a,b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Shockwave lithotripsy; Surgical treatment; Ureteric calculus; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; NIFEDIPINE;

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DECOMPRESSION; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HEART PALPITATION; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RENOGRAPHY; STONE ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROLITHOTOMY;

FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 14644427774     PISSN: 14655101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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