Fistulas of the lower urinary tract: Percutaneous approaches for the management of a difficult clinical entity

Radiographics

Volumn 24, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Avritscher, Rony ^a   Madoff, David C ^a   Ramirez, Pedro T ^b   Wallace, Michael J ^a   Ahrar, Kamran ^a   Morello Jr , Frank A ^a   Gupta, Sanjay ^a   Murthy, Ravi ^a   Wright, Kenneth C ^a   Hicks, Marshall E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fistula, genitourinary system, 80.245; Fistula, therapeutic embolization, 80.1269; Ureter, abnormalities, 82.245

Indexed keywords

BUCRILATE;

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BALLOON OCCLUSION; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HUMAN; HYSTEROTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; STENT; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URINARY TRACT DISEASE; URINARY TRACT FISTULA; URINARY TRACT SURGERY;

EID: 7644223218     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/rg.24si045508     Document Type: Article

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