Primary ureteroscopy for distal-ureteral stones compared with ureteroscopy after failed extracorporeal lithotripsy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1025-1029

  Tugcu, Volkan ^a   Gürbüz, Gokhan ^a   Aras, Bekir ^a   Gurkan, Levent ^b   Otunctemur, Alper ^b   Tasci, Ali Ihsan ^a  

^a Baklrkoy Training and Research Hospital ^*  (Turkey)

^b VAKIF GUREBA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPIC PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33846155579     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.20.1025     Document Type: Article

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