Rapid Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Proximal Ureteral Calculi in Colic versus Noncolic Patients

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1223-1228

  Seitz, Christian ^a   Tanovic, Enis ^a   Kikic, Zeljko ^a   Memarsadeghi, Mazda ^a   Fajkovic, Harun ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b Institute for Medical Support Military Hospital Vienna   (Austria)

Author keywords

Colic; ESWL; Noncolic; Proximal ureter; Stone clearance

Indexed keywords

DIPYRONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PAIN; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASOUND; URETER STONE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLIC; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL DISEASES;

EID: 34548288581     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.02.001     Document Type: Article

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