Simple Trigonometry on Computed Tomography Helps in Planning Renal Access

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-245

  Bilen, Cenk Yücel ^a   Koçak, Burak ^a   Kitirci, Gürcan ^a   Danaci, Murat ^a   Sarikaya, Şaban ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT PLANNING; UROLITHIASIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548393749     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.03.079     Document Type: Article

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