The impact of pelvicaliceal anatomical variation between the stone-bearing and normal contralateral kidney on stone formation in adult patients with lower caliceal stones

International Braz J Urol

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 287-292

  Kupeli, Bora ^a,b   Tunc, Lutfi ^a   Acar, Cenk ^a   Gurocak, Serhat ^a   Alkibay, Turgut ^a   Guneri, Cagri ^a   Bozkirli, Ibrahim ^a  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Etiology; Kidney calculi; Kidney calices; Kidney pelvis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY MALFORMATION; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROLITHIASIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STONE FORMATION; THICKNESS;

EID: 33745941337     PISSN: 16775538     EISSN: 16776119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1677-55382006000300005     Document Type: Article

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