The effect of age on outcomes in patients undergoing treatment for renal stones

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-214

  Ng, Chi Fai ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aging; Lithotripsy; Pediatrics; Renal stone

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLEEDING; CALCIUM STONE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HEMATOMA; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; INFECTION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; URETER STONE; URETERAL SPASM; URETEROSCOPY; URIC ACID STONE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHILD; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 61349124214     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32831e16b7     Document Type: Review

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