2007 Guideline for the Management of Ureteral Calculi

European Urology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1610-1631

  Preminger, Glenn M ^a   Tiselius, Hans Göran ^a   Assimos, Dean G ^a   Alken, Peter ^a   Colin Buck, A ^a   Gallucci, Michele ^a   Knoll, Thomas ^a   Lingeman, James E ^a   Nakada, Stephen Y ^a   Pearle, Margaret Sue ^a   Sarica, Kemal ^a   Türk, Christian ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Medical expulsive therapy; Practice guideline; Shock wave lithotripsy; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXAZOSIN; NIFEDIPINE; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN;

BACTERIURIA; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; URETER INJURY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URETHRA STRICTURE; URIC ACID STONE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LITHOTRIPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 35748956706     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2007.09.039     Document Type: Review

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