Prevention and treatment of complications following percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-234

  Skolarikos, Andreas ^b   De La Rosette, Jean ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Classification; Complications; PNL; Prevention; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; COLON INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STONE DISSOLUTION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 39849085066     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f46afc     Document Type: Review

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