Practice variation in the surgical management of urinary lithiasis

Journal of Urology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-150

  Scales Jr , Charles D ^a   Krupski, Tracey L ^b   Curtis, Lesley H ^a   Matlaga, Brian ^c   Lotan, Yair ^d   Pearle, Margaret S ^d   Saigal, Christopher ^e   Preminger, Glenn M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

lithotripsy; outcome and process assessment (health care); ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 79958295513     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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