Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy in elderly: Impact of age and comorbidity on stone-free rate and complications

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1831-1837

  Simunovic, Dalibor ^a   Sudarevic, Bojan ^a   Galic, Josip ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSIJEK   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CREATININE;

ACUTE PYELONEPHRITIS; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEINSTRASSE; URETER DISEASE; URETER STONE;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; CROATIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 78149393988     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2009.0329     Document Type: Article

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