Ureteroscopic management of sepsis associated with ureteral stone impaction: Is it still contraindicated?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-322

  Hsu, Jong Ming ^a   Chen, Marcelo ^a   Lin, Wen Chou ^a   Chang, Huang Kuang ^a   Yang, Stone ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Percutaneous nephrostomy; Sepsis; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FEVER; HEALTH CENTER; HEMODYNAMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; STONE DISSOLUTION; TREATMENT CONTRAINDICATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 20844454089     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000084430     Document Type: Article

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