A prospective randomized multicentric study comparing stented vs non-stented ureteroscopic lithotripsy

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 53-56

  Grossi, Francesco S ^a   Ferretti, Stefania ^b   Di Lena, Sebastiano ^a   Crispino, Michele ^c  

^a Structura Complessa di Urologia OC ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PARMA   (Italy)

^c Ospedale San Leonardo   (Italy)

Author keywords

DJ stenting; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; HYSTEROSCOPE; LITHOTRIPSY; LOWER ABDOMINAL PAIN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NOCTURIA; OBSTRUCTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; URETER STONE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT OBSTRUCTION; URINARY URGENCY; URINE INCONTINENCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33747309156     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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