High burden and complex renal calculi: Aggressive percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus multi-modal approaches

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

PCNL; Staghorn stones; SWL

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOMA; HOSPITALIZATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; URETER; UROLOGY; YAG LASER;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY PELVIS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS;

EID: 77953304596     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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