Does a slower treatment rate impact the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for solitary kidney or ureteral stones?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 175, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1370-1374

  Chacko, Job ^a   Moore, Michael ^a   Sankey, Noel ^a   Chandhoke, Paramjit S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Calculi; Kidney; Lithotripsy; Treatment outcome; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY KIDNEY; URETER; URETER STONE; X RAY;

EID: 33644584891     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(05)00683-X     Document Type: Article

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