Choosing the ideal length of a double-pigtail ureteral stent according to body height: Study based on a chinese population

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-74

  Ho, Chen Hsun ^a,b   Huang, Kuo How ^a   Chen, Shyh Chyan ^a   Pu, Yeong Shiau ^a   Liu, Shih Ping ^a   Yu, Hong Jeng ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Double pigtail ureteral stent; Stent length; Ureteral obstruction

Indexed keywords

POLYURETHAN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER OBSTRUCTION; URETER STENT; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 68549118963     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000224872     Document Type: Article

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