Treatment of impacted lower third ureteral stones with the use of the ureteral access sheath

Urological Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 211-214

  Pardalidis, Nick P ^a   Papatsoris, Athanasios G ^a   Kapotis, Christos G ^a   Kosmaoglou, Eleni V ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Access sheath; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EXTRACTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETERAL PERFORATION; URETEROSCOPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33646741195     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-006-0044-6     Document Type: Article

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