Balloon dilatation versus amplatz dilatation for nephrostomy tract dilatation

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 901-904

  Gönen, Murat ^a   Istanbulluoglu, Okan Mustafa ^a   Cicek, Tufan ^a   Ozturk, Bulent ^a   Ozkardes, Hakan ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMPLATZ DILATATION; AMPLATZ DILATOR; ARTICLE; BALLOON DILATATION; BALLOON DILATOR; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BALLOON DILATATION; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; DILATATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 43749119807     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0167     Document Type: Article

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