When is Prior Ureteral Stent Placement Necessary to Access the Upper Urinary Tract in Prepubertal Children?

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 4 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1861-1864

  Corcoran, Anthony T ^a   Smaldone, Marc C ^a   Mally, Dev ^a   Ost, Michael C ^a   Bellinger, Mark F ^a   Schneck, Francis X ^a   Docimo, Steven G ^a   Wu, Hsi Yang ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; calculi; ureter; ureteroscopy; urinary tract

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLADDER STONE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URETER STENT; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTOSCOPY; DILATATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 51049111164     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.03.106     Document Type: Article

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