Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for ureteral stones: Do decompression tubes matter?

Urology

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 821-825

  Middela, Seshikanth ^a   Papadopoulos, Georgios ^a   Srirangam, Shalom ^b   Rao, Poduri ^a  

^a MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL BLACKBURN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETER STONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957753333     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.01.051     Document Type: Article

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