A cost comparison of open versus percutaneous approaches to management of large staghorn calculi

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-34

  Sinha, Maneesh ^a   John, K R ^a   Chacko, K N ^a   Gopalakrishnan, Ganesh ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Open surgery; Percutaneous nephrolithotripsy; Staghorn calculi

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349169253     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.38599     Document Type: Article

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