Extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy in the treatment of renal pelvicalyceal stones in morbidly obese patients

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 105-110

  Mezentsev, Vitali A ^a,b  

^a M F VLADIMIRSKY MOSCOW REGIONAL RESEARCH CLINICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High energy shock waves; Kidney calculi; Lithotripsy; Morbid; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; SKIN SURFACE; ADOLESCENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; LITHOTRIPSY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY, MORBID; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20344398936     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1677-55382005000200003     Document Type: Article

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