Stent positioning after ureteroscopy for urinary calculi: The question is still open

European Urology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 381-388

  Damiano, Rocco ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^b   Esposito, Ciro ^a   Cantiello, Francesco ^a   Sacco, Rosario ^a   De Sio, Marco ^b   D'Armiento, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Stenting; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSURIA; EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; STONE FORMATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER DILATATION; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UROLITHIASIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 4043088397     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2004.04.004     Document Type: Article

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