Success of laser endoureterotomy of ureteral strictures associated with ureteral stones is related to stone impaction

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2507-2511

  Gdor, Yehoshua ^a   Gabr, Ahmed H ^a   Faerber, Gary J ^a   Roberts, William W ^a   Wolf Jr , J Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; KIDNEY SCINTISCANNING; LASER ENDOURETEROTOMY; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RENOGRAPHY; STENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER STONE; URETER STRICTURE; URETER SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 57349154425     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0387     Document Type: Article

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