Low-frequency extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy improves renal pelvic stone disintegration in a pig model

BJU International

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1284-1288

  Gillitzer, Rolf ^a   Neisius, Andreas ^a   Wöllner, Jens ^a   Hampel, Christian ^a   Brenner, Walburgis ^a   Bonilla, Arturo Alvarado ^b   Thüroff, Joachim ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Hospital ISSS Roma   (El Salvador)

Author keywords

Calculus; ESWL; Frequency; Lithotripsy; Pig model; Renal

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; KIDNEY HEMORRHAGE; KIDNEY PELVIS; MALE; NEPHRECTOMY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE;

ANIMALS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; SWINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249138257     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2008.08273.x     Document Type: Article

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