Upper-pole puncture in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: A retrospective review of treatment safety and efficacy

BJU International

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 599-602

  Raza, Asif ^a   Moussa, Sami ^a   Smith, Gordon ^a,b   Tolley, David A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Lithotriptor Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complications; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Renal calculi; Supracostal access

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNCTURE; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SUPRACOSTAL PUNCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PUNCTURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38849176180     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2007.07388.x     Document Type: Article

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