A Simple Objective Method to Assess the Radiopacity of Urinary Calculi and its Use to Predict Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy Outcomes

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 343-347

  El Gamal, Osama ^a   El Badry, Amr ^a  

^a TANTA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Al; kidney; kidney calculi; lithotripsy; x rays

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349138788     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.02.111     Document Type: Article

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