Case report: Radiofrequency ablation-induced renal-pelvic obstruction resulting in nephrectomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1059-1063

  Zorn, Kevin C ^a,b   Orvieto, Marcelo A ^a   Mikhail, Albert A ^a   Lyon, Mark B ^a   Gerber, Glenn S ^a   Steinberg, Gary D ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FLANK PAIN; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; OBSTRUCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RENAL OBSTRUCTION; RENOGRAPHY; URINE VOLUME;

AGED; CATHETER ABLATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; KIDNEY PELVIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGY;

EID: 35348982924     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0296     Document Type: Article

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