Success in treating renal calculi with single-access, single-event percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Is a routine "second look" necessary?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 289-292

  Davol, Patrick E ^a   Wood, Craig ^a   Fulmer, Brant ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; STAGHORN STONE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RECURRENCE; REOPERATION; SECOND-LOOK SURGERY;

EID: 33745053849     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.289     Document Type: Review

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