Removal of retrievable self-expandable urethral stents: Experience in 58 stents

European Radiology

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2037-2043

  Shin, Ji Hoon ^a   Song, Ho Young ^a   Park, Hyungkeun ^a   Kim, Jin Hyoung ^a   Ko, Heung Kyu ^a   Kim, Yong Jae ^a   Woo, Chul Woong ^a   Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Ko, Gi Young ^a   Yoon, Hyun Ki ^a   Sung, Kyu Bo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interventional procedure; Stent removal; Stents and prostheses; Urethra

Indexed keywords

POLITEF; POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSTOMY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOPROSTHESIS LOOSENING; FLUOROSCOPY; FOREIGN BODY; GUIDE WIRE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETHRA INJURY;

ADULT; AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; STENTS; URETHRA;

EID: 33746874809     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-005-0125-x     Document Type: Article

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