Reduced radiation exposure with the use of an air retrograde pyelogram during fluoroscopic access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 563-567

  Lipkin, Michael E ^a   Mancini, John G ^a   Zilberman, Dorit E ^a   Raymundo, Maria E ^a   Yong, Daniel ^a   Ferrandino, Michael N ^a   Miller, Michael J ^a   Yoshizumi, Terry T ^a   Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROGRADE PYELOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIR; CONTRAST MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; UROGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953829467     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0431     Document Type: Article

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