Hydrodilation of the Ureteral Orifice in Children Renders Ureteroscopic Access Possible Without any Further Active Dilation

Journal of Urology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 285-287

  Soygur, Tarkan ^a   Zumrutbas, Ali E ^a   Gulpinar, Omer ^a   Suer, Evren ^a   Arikan, Nihat ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

child; infant; ureter; ureteroscopy; urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AVULSION INJURY; BLADDER SPASM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HAND; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTEROSCOPY; INFANT; LAVAGE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUMP; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYMPTOM; URETER RUPTURE; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETERAL ORIFICE HYDRODILATION; URETEROLITHOTOMY; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IRRIGATION; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33744506361     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5347(06)00580-5     Document Type: Article

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