Characterization of urinary tract symptoms and quality of life in patients with double-pig-tailed ureteral stents;Evaluación de clínica y calidad de vida con catéteres ureterales de tipo doble pig-tail

Actas Urologicas Espanolas

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 738-742

  Vega Vega, A ^a,b   Garcia Alonso D ^a   Garcia Alonso C J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE LEÓN   (Spain)

^b Gerencia Regional de Salud de Castilla y León   (Spain)

Author keywords

Quality of life; Ureter; Ureteral stents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MICTURITION DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTHESIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STENT; URETER;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STENTS; URETER; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 38449112026     PISSN: 02104806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0210-4806(07)73714-2     Document Type: Article

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