How efficient is extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy with modern lithotripters for removal of ureteral stones?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 249-255

  Tiselius, Hans Göran ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPEAT PROCEDURE; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARD; SURFACE PROPERTY; URETER STONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 39749133668     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0225     Document Type: Article

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