Retrograde intrarenal surgery as second-line therapy yields a lower success rate

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 556-559

  Holland, R ^a   Marcel, D ^a   Livne, P M ^b   Lask, D M ^b   Lifshitz, David A ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE INTRARENAL SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33750614470     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.556     Document Type: Article

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