The natural history of renal stone fragments following ureteroscopy

Urology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 564-568

  Rebuck, David A ^a   MacEjko, Amanda ^a   Bhalani, Vishal ^a   Ramos, Patrick ^a   Nadler, Robert B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCIUM STONE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EVENT FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENAL STONE FRAGMENT; URETEROSCOPY; URIC ACID STONE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETEROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952363382     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2010.06.056     Document Type: Article

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