Is routine radiological surveillance mandatory after uncomplicated ureteroscopic stone removal?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 261-266

  Karadag, Mert Ali ^a   Tefekli, Ahmet ^a   Altunrende, Fatih ^a   Tepeler, Abdulkadir ^a   Baykal, Murat ^a   Muslumanoglu, Ahmet Yaser ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CYSTOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EDEMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS UROGRAPHY; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PATIENT MONITORING; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REVIEW; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 39749095084     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.0445     Document Type: Review

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