Safety and outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy in the elderly: Retrospective comparison to a younger patient group

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2139-2145

  Anagnostou, Theodore ^a,b   Thompson, Trevor ^a   Ng, Chi Fai ^a   Moussa, Sami ^a   Smith, Gordon ^a   Tolley, David A ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENESCENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 52449083992     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2007.0432     Document Type: Conference Paper

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