Pediatric Flexible Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2616-2619

  Kim, Steve S ^a   Kolon, Thomas F ^a   Canter, Daniel ^a   White, Michael ^a   Casale, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

child; kidney calculi; surgical procedures, minimally invasive; ureter

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOPLASTY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 55549087173     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2008.08.051     Document Type: Article

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