Retrograde, antegrade, and laparoscopic approaches for the management of large, proximal ureteral stones: A randomized clinical trial

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2677-2680

  Basiri, Abbas ^a   Simforoosh, Nasser ^a   Ziaee, Amirmohsen ^a   Shayaninasab, Hamid ^a   Moghaddam, Seyed Mohamad Mehdi Hosseini ^a   Zare, Samad ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROGRADE URETEROSCOPIC LITHOTRIPSY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; TRANSPERITONEAL LAPAROSCOPIC URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETER STONE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; MALE; POSTURE; URETERAL CALCULI;

EID: 58149105412     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0095     Document Type: Article

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