Effect of tamsulosin in preventing ureteral stent-related morbidity: A prospective study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 651-655

  Damiano, Rocco ^a   Autorino, Riccardo ^b   De Sio, Marco ^b   Giacobbe, Alessandro ^a   Palumbo, Italo Michele ^a   D'Armiento, Massimo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TAMSULOSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; URETER STENT; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT PAIN; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STENTS; SULFONAMIDES; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 42249093160     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0257     Document Type: Article

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