Antegrade versus retrograde endopyelotomy for Pelvi-Ureteric Junction (PUJ) obstruction

European Urology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 536-543

  Minervini, Andrea ^a   Davenport, Kim ^b   Keeley Jr , Francis X ^b   Timoney, Anthony G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Endopyelotomy; Endoscopy; Kidney pelvis; Percutaneous; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIATHERMY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOTOMY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; TRANSFUSION; TREATMENT FAILURE; ULTRASOUND; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 32944482370     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2005.11.025     Document Type: Article

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