Tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Is it really less morbid?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 427-433

  Singh, Iqbal ^a   Singh, Arvind ^a   Mittal, Gyanendra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; UREA;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPERATION DURATION; PARAMETER; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUBELESS PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALGESIA; CONVALESCENCE; DRAINAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 41149142444     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0269     Document Type: Article

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