Treatment of ureteral calculi with semirigid ureteroscopy: Where should we stop?

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 260-264

  Yencilek, F ^a   Sarica, K ^a   Erturhan, S ^b   Yagci, F ^b   Erbagci, A ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Pneumatic lithotripsy; Treatment; Ureteral stone; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMAN; LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URETER CATHETER; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 77951111086     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000288225     Document Type: Article

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