Combined retrograde flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy with holmium YAG laser for renal calculi associated with ipsilateral ureteral stones

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-257

  Cocuzza, Marcello ^a   Colombo Jr , Jose R ^b   Ganpule, Arvind ^c   Turna, Burak ^b   Cocuzza, Antonio ^a   Dhawan, Divyar ^c   Santos, Bruno ^b   Mazzucchi, Eduardo ^a   Srougi, Miguel ^a   Desai, Mahesh ^c   Desai, Mihir ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MULJIBHAI PATEL UROLOGICAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PERIOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLIABILITY; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 60349122810     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0368     Document Type: Article

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