Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy with a transportable electrohydraulic lithotripter: Experience with >300 patients

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 603-607

  Albala, David M ^a   Siddiqui, Khurram M ^a   Fulmer, Brant ^b   Alioto, Joseph ^a   Frankel, Jeffery ^c   Monga, Manoj ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Minnesota ^*

Author keywords

ESWL; Lithotripter; Outcome; Spark gap lithotripsy; Stones; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; DYSURIA; ENERGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; LITHOTRIPTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; URETER STONE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY URGENCY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URINARY CALCULI; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 24044503060     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05692.x     Document Type: Article

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