Determining the appropriate length of a double-pigtail ureteral stent by both stent configurations and related symptoms

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1427-1431

  Ho, Chen Hsun ^a   Chen, Shyh Chyan ^a   Chung, Shiu Dong ^b   Lee, Yuan Ju ^a   Chen, Jun ^a   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a   Huang, Kuo How ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTALGIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FLANK PAIN; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCTURIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URGE INCONTINENCE; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY URGENCY;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; URETER;

EID: 50649121815     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0037     Document Type: Article

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