Results of treatment of renal calculi with lower-pole fluoroscopically guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy

International Journal of Urology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 399-402

  Nishizawa, Koji ^a,b   Yamada, Hitoshi ^a   Miyazaki, Yu ^a   Kobori, Go ^a   Higashi, Yoshito ^a  

^a Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fluoroscopic guidance; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Staghorn calculi

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM MAGNESIUM PHOSPHATE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CALCIUM OXALATE; CALCIUM PHOSPHATE; CYSTINE; URIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLUOROSCOPICALLY GUIDED PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY CALYX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; SEPTIC SHOCK; STAGHORN STONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43049085892     PISSN: 09198172     EISSN: 14422042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2042.2008.01993.x     Document Type: Article

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