Flexible Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Single Intrarenal Stones 2 cm or Greater-Is This the New Frontier?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 179, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 981-984

  Breda, Alberto ^a   Ogunyemi, Oreoluwa ^a   Leppert, John T ^a   Lam, John S ^a   Schulam, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

kidney; kidney calculi; lasers; lithotripsy; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTPATIENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 39149141868     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2007.10.083     Document Type: Article

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