Pilot study of ureteral movement in stented patients: First step in understanding dynamic ureteral anatomy to improve stent comfort

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1069-1075

  Chew, Ben H ^a,b   Knudsen, Bodo E ^a   Nott, Linda ^a   Pautler, Stephen E ^a   Razvi, Hassan ^a   Amann, Justin ^a   Denstedt, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; BODY MOVEMENT; BODY POSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; RANGE OF MOTION; SITTING; STANDING; SUPINE POSITION; URETER STENT;

AGED; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; STENTS; URETER; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 35349030327     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0252     Document Type: Article

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