Prospective randomized comparison of a combined ultrasonic and pneumatic lithotrite with a standard ultrasonic lithotrite for percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 285-289

  Lehman, Daniel S ^a   Hruby, Gregory W ^a   Phillips, Courtney ^a   Venkatesh, Ramakrishna ^b   Best, Sara ^c   Monga, Manoj ^c   Landman, Jaime ^a,d  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CYSTINE; WHEWELLITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUBE; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749179074     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0009     Document Type: Article

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