The patient position for PNL: Does it matter?

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 30-31

  Cracco, Cecilia Maria ^a   Scoffone, Cesare Marco ^a   Poggio, Massimiliano ^a   Scarpa, Roberto Mario ^a  

^a SAN LUIGI GONZAGA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Patient position; PNL; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CASE REPORT; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROSTOMY; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERIPHERAL NERVE; SPINAL NERVE; SUPINE POSITION; URETER STONE; UROLITHIASIS; X RAY;

HUMANS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PATIENT POSITIONING;

EID: 77953316061     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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