Skin to stone distance is an independent predictor of stone-free status following shockwave lithotripsy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1383-1385

  Patel, Trushar ^a   Kozakowski, Kristin ^a   Hruby, Greg ^a   Gupta, Mantu ^a  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARAMETERS OF MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TO STONE DISTANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; X RAY FILM;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKIN;

EID: 70349207404     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0394     Document Type: Article

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