Treatment of large impacted proximal ureteral stones: Randomized comparison of percutaneous antegrade ureterolithotripsy versus retrograde ureterolithotripsy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 913-917

  Sun, Xiaowen ^a   Xia, Shujie ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Liu, Haitao ^a   Han, Bangmin ^a   Li, Weiguo ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS RETROGRADE URETEROLITHOTRIPSY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE URETEROLITHOTRIPSY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER INJURY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GLOMERULAR FILTRATION RATE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 43749111555     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0230     Document Type: Article

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