Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy of Lower Calyx Calculi: How Much Is Treatment Outcome Influenced by the Anatomy of the Collecting System?

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 539-546

  Danuser, Hansjörg ^a   Müller, Roger ^a   Descoeudres, Bernard ^a   Dobry, Eduard ^a   Studer, Urs E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anatomy of the collecting system; ESWL; Lower calyx calculi; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY CALYX; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; LITHOTRIPTOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE DISSOLUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY CALICES; LITHOTRIPSY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34250730811     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.03.058     Document Type: Article

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