Randomized Trial of Stone Fragment Active Retrieval Versus Spontaneous Passage During Holmium Laser Lithotripsy for Ureteral Stones

Journal of Urology

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1031-1036

  Schatloff, Oscar ^a   Lindner, Uri ^a   Ramon, Jacob ^a   Winkler, Harry Z ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

holmium lasers; laser treatment; ureter; ureteral calculi; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER DILATATION; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75849124893     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2009.11.013     Document Type: Article

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