Management options for lower pole renal calculi

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 214-219

  Raman, Jay D ^a   Pearle, Margaret S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nephrolithiasis; Observation; Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy; Shock wave lithotripsy; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STONE ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 39849103550     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e3282f517ea     Document Type: Review

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