The Preferred Treatment for Upper Tract Stones Is Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) or Ureteroscopic: Pro ESWL

Urology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 259-262

  Christian, Chaussy ^a   Thorsten, Bergsdorf ^a  

^a Klinikum Harlaching   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY ANOMALY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

HUMANS; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; OBESITY; RETREATMENT; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 67651120000     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2008.08.522     Document Type: Article

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