Evaluation of outcome following lithotripsy

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 154-158

  Argyropoulos, Athanasios N ^a   Tolley, David A ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evidence based medicine; Levels of evidence; Lithotripsy; Medical expulsive therapy; Outcome

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NOMENCLATURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SAFETY; SCORING SYSTEM; THERAPY EFFECT; UROLITHIASIS;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 76749141967     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e328333b68b     Document Type: Review

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