Does sealing of the tract with absorbable gelatin (Spongostan®) facilitate tubeless PCNL? A prospective study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2485-2493

  Singh, Iqbal ^a   Saran, Ram N ^a   Jain, Manish ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; SPONGOSTAN;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; UREA BLOOD LEVEL; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

ADULT; FIBRIN FOAM; GELATIN; HEMOSTATICS; HUMANS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; URINARY TRACT;

EID: 57349104328     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0321     Document Type: Article

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