CT SCAN as a predictor of composition and fragility of urinary lithiasis treated with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy in vitro;Tomografía computada como predictor de composición y fragilidad de la litiasis urinaria al tratamiento con litotricia extracorporea por ondas de choque in vitro

Archivos Espanoles de Urologia

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Marchiñena, Patricio García ^a   Peres, Nicolás Billordo ^a   Liyo, Juan ^a   Gonzalez, Mariano ^b   Jurado, Alberto ^a   Daels, Francisco ^a  

^a Centro de Litiasis   (Argentina)

^b HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cristalography; Extracorporeal lithotripsy; Hounsfield units; Urinary stones

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LITHOTRIPSY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; UROLITHIASIS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URINARY CALCULI;

EID: 67849106664     PISSN: 00040614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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