Holmium Laser Endoureterotomy for Benign Ureteral Stricture: A Single Center Experience

Journal of Urology

Volumn 182, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2775-2779

  Gnessin, Ehud ^a   Yossepowitch, Ofer ^a   Holland, Ronen ^a   Livne, Pinchas M ^a   Lifshitz, David A ^a  

^a RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

ischemia; lasers, solid state; ureter; ureteral stricture; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

MERTIATIDE TC 99M; PENTETIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HOLMIUM LASER; HOLMIUM LASER ENDOURETEROTOMY; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETER SURGERY; URETERAL PERFORATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; MALE; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; UROLOGIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MALE;

EID: 71849116740     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.08.051     Document Type: Article

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