Simultaneous combined use of flexible ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy to reduce the number of access tracts in the management of complex renal calculi

BJU International

Volumn 96, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1097-1100

  Marguet, Charles G ^a   Springhart, W Patrick ^a   Tan, Yeh H ^a   Patel, Anup ^b   Undre, Shabnam ^b   Albala, David M ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Calculi; Complex; Nephrolithiasis; Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy; Staghorn; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; NEPHROSTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 27444434551     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05808.x     Document Type: Article

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