Tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Indian Journal of Urology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-24

  Agrawal, Madhu Sudan ^a   Agrawal, Mayank ^a  

^a S N MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Kidney stone; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Tubeless

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; ECTOPIC KIDNEY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; REVIEW; STAGHORN STONE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; URETER CATHETER; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 77950565359     PISSN: 09701591     EISSN: 19983824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-1591.60438     Document Type: Review

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