Lower-pole caliceal stone clearance after shockwave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, and flexible ureteroscopy: Impact of radiographic spatial anatomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 113-119

  Elbahnasy, Abdelhamid M ^a   Clayman, Ralph V ^a   Shalhav, Arieh L ^a   Hoenig, David M ^a   Chandhoke, Paramjit ^b   Lingeman, James E ^c   Denstedt, John D ^d   Kahn, Robert ^e   Assimos, Dean G ^f   Nakada, Stephen Y ^g  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e Bowman Gray School of Medicine ^*

^f WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUNDIBULUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOGRAPHY; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 7144227970     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.1998.12.113     Document Type: Article

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