Stones of the upper urinary tract. Update on minimal-invasive endourological treatment

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-17

  Lahme, Sven ^a,b   Zimmermanns, Volker ^a,b   Hochmuth, Andreas ^a,b   Liske, Peter ^a,b  

^a Department of Urology   (Germany)

^b St Trudpert Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KIDNEY CALYX; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MORBIDITY; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PYELONEPHRITIS; REVIEW; UROLITHIASIS;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 42249096143     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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