Ureteroplasty with a cutting balloon: A novel approach to ureteric anastomotic strictures

Australasian Radiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-146

  Steiner, D L ^a   Johns Putra, L ^a   Lyon, S ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Peripheral Cutting Balloon device; Ureteric anastomotic strictures; Ureteroplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CYSTECTOMY; DEVICE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERIPHERAL CUTTING BALLOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STRICTURE;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; BALLOON DILATATION; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 33947228529     PISSN: 00048461     EISSN: 14401673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01683.x     Document Type: Article

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