Use of double-J stents prior to extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy is not beneficial: Results of a prospective randomized study

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-22

  Musa, Abdulla Ahmed Karama ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

Author keywords

Double J stents; Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; FLANK PAIN; FOLLOW UP; HEMATURIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICTURITION; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; SYMPTOM; TEMPERATURE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY; UROGRAPHY; VOMITING; X RAY FILM;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT READMISSION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 41549145395     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-006-9030-8     Document Type: Article

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