Ureteroscopic versus percutaneous treatment for medium-size (1-2-cm) renal calculi

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 343-346

  Chung, Benjamin I ^a   Aron, Monish ^a   Hegarty, Nicholas J ^a   Desai, Mihir M ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; REPEAT PROCEDURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KIDNEY CALCULI; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 39749119358     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2006.9865     Document Type: Article

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