Minimally Invasive Treatment of Vesicoureteral Reflux

Urologic Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-488

  Hayn, Matthew H ^a   Smaldone, Marc C ^a   Ost, Michael C ^a   Docimo, Steven G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; DEXTRANOMER; DIMETICONE; HYALURONIC ACID; HYDROXYAPATITE;

ANTIREFLUX OPERATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MICTURITION REFLEX; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; MORBIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SUTURING METHOD; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY;

BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; CHILD; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; ROBOTICS; URETEROSCOPY; VESICO-URETERAL REFLUX;

EID: 50149114754     PISSN: 00940143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ucl.2008.05.006     Document Type: Review

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