Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy versus ureteroscopy for 5- to 10-mm stones in the proximal ureter: Prospective effectiveness patient-preference trial

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-33

  Karlsen, Steinar J ^a   Renkel, Julian ^b   Tahir, Abdul R ^a   Angelsen, Anders ^c   Diep, Lien M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; CREATININE; DIAZEPAM; FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 33847001956     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0153     Document Type: Article

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