Simultaneous bilateral retrograde intrarenal surgery for stone disease in patients with significant comorbidities

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 761-765

  Chung, Steve Y ^a,b   Chon, Chris H ^a   Ng, Christopher S ^a   Fuchs, Gerhard J ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY SURGERY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGEON; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETEROSCOPY; VIDEORECORDING;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 33750937892     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.761     Document Type: Article

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