Flexible ureterorenoscopy: Prospective analysis of the Guy's experience

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 367-370

  Dasgupta, Prokarurol ^a   Cynk, M S ^a   Bultitude, M F ^a   Tiptaft, R C ^a   Glass, J M ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Flexible ureterorenoscopy; Lithotripsy; Prospective analysis; Stones

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRESSURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 4544279441     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/147870804768     Document Type: Article

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