Treatment of ureteric lithiasis with retrograde ureteroscopy and holmium: YAG laser lithotripsy vs extracorporeal lithotripsy

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1144-1147

  Arrabal Polo, Miguel A ^a,b   Arrabal Martín, Miguel ^a   Miján Ortiz, José L ^a   Valle Díaz, Francisco ^a   López León, Víctor ^a   Merino Salas, Sergio ^a   Zuluaga Gómez, Armando ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

ESWL; Holmium:YAG laser; Lithotripsy; Ureteric lithiasis; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SHOCK WAVE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUDENT T TEST; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROGRAPHY;

EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 70349251678     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08500.x     Document Type: Article

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