The thermo-expandable metallic ureteric stent: An 11-year follow-up

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 372-376

  Agrawal, Sachin ^a   Brown, Christian T ^a   Bellamy, Elizabeth A ^a   Kulkarni, Ravi ^a  

^a ST PETER S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Memokath; Outcome; Stent; Stricture; Ureter

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYCOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URINE EXTRAVASATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; REOPERATION; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449136851     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08018.x     Document Type: Article

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