Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing lithotripsy for urinary stones

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Kurahashi, Toshifumi ^a   Miyake, Hideaki ^a   Shinozaki, Masashi ^b   Oka, Nobutoshi ^b   Takenaka, Atsushi ^a   Hara, Isao ^a   Fujisawa, Masato ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Hara Genitourinary Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Health related quality of life; Lithotripsy; Urinary stone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESEARCH DESIGN; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 41549129447     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-007-9231-9     Document Type: Article

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