What is the best treatment modality for children with renal stones of 1-2 cm diameter?: Commentary

Nature Clinical Practice Urology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 70-71

  Desai, Mahesh R ^a  

^a MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOGRAPHY; RECURRENCE RISK; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SPIRAL COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; URINE CULTURE; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 33847007372     PISSN: 17434270     EISSN: 17434289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpuro0707     Document Type: Short Survey

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