Stone treatment index: A mathematical summary of the procedure for removal of stones from the urinary tract

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1261-1269

  Tiselius, Hans Göran ^a   Ringdén, Ida ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER STONE; URINARY TRACT SURGERY; UROLITHIASIS;

ALGORITHMS; BODY MASS INDEX; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URINARY CALCULI; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 36549058244     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0048     Document Type: Article

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