Shock wave lithotripsy at 60 or 120 shocks per minute: A randomized, double-blind trial

Journal of Urology

Volumn 174, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 595-599

  Pace, Kenneth T ^a,b   Ghiculete, Daniela ^a   Harju, Melanie ^a   Honey, R John D'A ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kidney; Kidney calculi; Lithiasis; Lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROPERITONEAL HEMATOMA; SEX RATIO; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 22144465503     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.ju.0000165156.90011.95     Document Type: Article

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