Comparison of conventional and step-wise shockwave lithotripsy in management of urinary calculi

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1407-1410

  Demirci, Deniz ^a,b   Sofikerim, Mustafa ^a   Yalçin, Engin ^a   Ekmekçioǧlu, Oǧuz ^a   Gülmez, Ibrahim ^a   Karacagil, Mustafa ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY MEDICAL FACULTY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ENERGY; EVALUATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URETER STONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, SPIRAL COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 38049168991     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0399     Document Type: Article

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