Ureteroscopic Removal of Mildly Migrated Stents Using Local Anesthesia Only

Journal of Urology

Volumn 178, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1998-2001

  Livadas, Kostantinos E ^a   Varkarakis, Ioannis M ^a   Skolarikos, Andreas ^a   Karagiotis, Evangelos ^a   Alivizatos, Gerasimos ^a   Sofras, Fragiskos ^a   Deliveliotis, Charalambos ^a   Bissas, Apostolos ^a  

^a SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

anesthesia; complications; stents; ureter; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; ANESTHESIA, LOCAL; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOREIGN-BODY MIGRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 35148870420     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.07.027     Document Type: Article

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