Flexible Ureteroscopy and Laser Lithotripsy for Multiple Unilateral Intrarenal Stones

European Urology

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1190-1197

  Breda, Alberto ^a   Ogunyemi, Oreoluwa ^a   Leppert, John T ^a   Schulam, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney stones; Laser lithotripsy; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BLEEDING; CLINICAL EVALUATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYSTEROSCOPES; KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PLIABILITY; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 62649172235     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2008.06.019     Document Type: Article

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