Ureteral metal stents: A tale or a tool?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 934-939

  Liatsikos, Evangelos N ^a   Kagadis, George C ^a   Barbalias, George A ^a   Siablis, Dimitrios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PACLITAXEL;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; BALLOON CATHETER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ELUTING STENT; ENDOSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; GUIDE WIRE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; REVIEW; SWINE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER PERISTALSIS; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

AFTERCARE; BALLOON DILATATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; METALS; STENTS; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 27744463148     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2005.19.934     Document Type: Review

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