Efficacy of semirigid ureteroscopy with pneumatic lithotripsy for ureteral stone surface area of greater than 30mm2

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 619-622

  Ather, M Hammad ^a   Nazim, Syed M ^a   Sulaiman, M Nasir ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 64749108150     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0182     Document Type: Article

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