A new transportable shock-wave lithotripsy machine for managing urinary stones: A single-centre experience with a dual-focus lithotripter

BJU International

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1137-1141

  De Sio, Marco ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^a   Quarto, Giuseppe ^a   Mordente, Salvatore ^a   Giugliano, Francesco ^a   Di Giacomo, Ferdinando ^a   Neri, Fabio ^a   Quattrone, Carmelo ^a   Sorrentino, Domenico ^a   De Domenico, Renato ^a   D'Armiento, Massimo ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dual focus system; Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy; Stones; Treatment; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UROLITHIASIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 35148882167     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07039.x     Document Type: Article

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