Holmium laser lithotripsy for ureteral calculi: Predictive factors for complications and success

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 257-260

  Leijte, Joost A P ^a,b   Oddens, Jorg R ^a,c   Lock, Tycho M T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Department of Urology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; ILEUS; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER RUPTURE; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 39749108013     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0299     Document Type: Article

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