Is fluoroscopy essential for retrieval of lower ureteric stones?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 70-72

  Mandhani, A ^a   Chaudhury, H ^a   Gupta, N ^a   Singh, H K ^a   Kapoor, R ^a   Kumar, A ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopy use restriction; Radiation 'as low as reasonably achievable' (ALARA); Ureteric stones, fluoroscopy ureteroscopy; Ureteroscopy, ureteric stones

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON; BALLOON DILATATION; BLADDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; STENT; ULCER; URETER; URETER BALLOON; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; X RAY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33845950118     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096938     Document Type: Article

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