Novel ultrasound method to reposition kidney stones

Urological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 491-495

  Shah, Anup ^a   Owen, Neil R ^b   Lu, Wei ^b   Cunitz, Bryan W ^b   Kaczkowski, Peter J ^b   Harper, Jonathan D ^a   Bailey, Michael R ^b   Crum, Lawrence A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Lower pole renal calculi; Stone free rate; Stone position; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; ECHOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PHANTOM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; ULTRASONIC LITHOTRIPSY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; VELOCITY; VIDEORECORDING;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI;

EID: 78651293951     PISSN: 03005623     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00240-010-0319-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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