Impact of anatomical pielocaliceal topography in the treatment of renal lower calyces stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 525-532

  Ruggera, Lorenzo ^a,b   Beltrami, Paolo ^a   Ballario, Riccardo ^a   Cavalleri, Stefano ^a   Cazzoletti, Lucia ^a   Artibani, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Divisione Clinicizzata di Urologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy; Infundibular length; Infundibular width; Infundibulopelvic angle; Lower pole

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALYX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 23244446131     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2005.01101.x     Document Type: Article

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