Initial clinical experience with full-length metal ureteral stents for obstructive ureteral stenosis

World Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 257-262

  Nagele, Udo ^a   Kuczyk, Markus A ^a   Horstmann, Marcus ^a   Hennenlotter, Jörg ^a   Sievert, Karl Dietrich ^a   Schilling, David ^a   Walcher, Ute ^a   Stenzl, Arnulf ^a   Anastasiadis, Aristotelis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Endourology; Metal stent; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CYSTOSCOPY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CYSTOSCOPY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROGRAPHY;

EID: 44649102781     PISSN: 07244983     EISSN: 14338726     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00345-008-0245-4     Document Type: Article

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