Does ureteral stenting prior to shock wave lithotripsy influence the need for intervention in steinstrasse and related complications?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 222-225

  Ather, M H ^a,b   Shrestha, B ^a   Mehmood, A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Associate Professor and Director Urology Residency   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Renal stones; Shock wave lithotripsy; Steinstrasse

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STEINSTRASSE; STONE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; URETER DISEASE; URETER STENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; URETER; URETERAL CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349300674     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000230028     Document Type: Article

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