Improving patient positioning to reduce complications in prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 831-832

  Papatsoris, Athanasios ^a   Masood, Junaid ^a   El Husseiny, Tamer ^a   Maan, Zafar ^a   Saunders, Peter ^a   Buchholz, Niels Peter ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; HELMET; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION;

HUMANS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRONE POSITION;

EID: 67649888624     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2008.0611     Document Type: Article

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