Lower-caliceal stone clearance index to predict clearance of stone after SWL

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 248-251

  Desai, Mahesh R ^a   Raghunath, S K ^a   Manohar, T ^a   Prajay, Shrivastav ^a  

^a MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STONE ANALYSIS; STONE CLEARANCE INDEX; STONE FREE RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646545040     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.248     Document Type: Article

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