Management of staghorn calculus: Single puncture with judicious use of the flexible nephroscope

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 224-228

  Williams, Steve K ^a   Leveillee, Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nephrolithiasis; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Staghorn calculus

Indexed keywords

COLON INJURY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEVER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS PYELOGRAPHY; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPSIS; STAGHORN STONE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

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

EID: 39849098893     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f517c0     Document Type: Review

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