Shock Wave Lithotripsy Versus Semirigid Ureteroscopy for Proximal Ureteral Calculi (<20 mm): A Comparative Matched-pair Study

Urology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1184-1187

  Youssef, Ramy F ^a   El Nahas, Ahmed R ^a   El Assmy, Ahmed M ^a   El Tabey, Nasr A ^a   El Hefnawy, Ahmed S ^a   Eraky, Ibrahim ^a   El Kenawy, Mahmoud R ^a   El Kappany, Hamdy A ^a   Sheir, Khaled Z ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; EXTRAVASATION; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY COLIC; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERFORATION; PNEUMATIC TOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STONE ANALYSIS; URETER INJURY; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 67349176100     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.12.064     Document Type: Article

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