Comparison of stent-related symptoms between conventional double-j stents and a new-generation thermoexpandable segmental metallic stent: A validated-questionnaire-based study

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 589-593

  Maan, Zafar ^a   Patel, Dharmesh ^a   Moraitis, Konstantinos ^a   El Husseiny, Tamer ^a   Papatsoris, Athanasios G ^a   Buchholz, Niels Peter ^a   Masood, Junaid ^a  

^a BARTS HEALTH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTHERSOMENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOUBLE J STENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MORBIDITY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; SEXUAL FUNCTION; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THERMOEXPANDABLE SEGMENTAL METALLIC STENT; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URINARY DYSFUNCTION; URINARY FREQUENCY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STENTS; TEMPERATURE; URETER;

EID: 77951973890     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0318     Document Type: Article

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