Innovative Metal Dilators for Percutaneous Nephrostomy Tract: Report on 546 Cases

Urology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 418-421

  Shen, Cheng Huang ^a   Cheng, Ming Chin ^a   Lin, Chang Te ^a   Jou, Yeong Chin ^a   Chen, Pi Che ^a  

^a CHIA YI CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METAL DILATOR; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STAGHORN STONE; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD LOSS, SURGICAL; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DILATATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 34648817420     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.03.083     Document Type: Article

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