A comparison of treatment modalities for renal calculi between 100 and 300 mm2: Are shockwave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy equivalent?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 481-485

  Wiesenthal, Joshua D ^a   Ghiculete, Daniela ^a   Honey, R John D'A ^a   Pace, Kenneth T ^a,b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETEROSCOPY;

DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 79952664482     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0208     Document Type: Article

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