Safe and effective obtainment of access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy by urologists: The Louisiana State University experience

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1421-1425

  Spann, Alison ^a   Poteet, Jason ^a   Hyatt, Dustin ^a   Chiles, Leah ^a   DeSouza, Rowena ^a   Venable, Dennis ^a  

^a Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; KIDNEY TUBULE DAMAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; SEPSIS; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URETER STENT; URETEROPELVIC JUNCTION OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; LOUISIANA; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; OBESITY, MORBID; PHYSICIANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITIES; UROLOGY;

EID: 80052614264     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2010.0643     Document Type: Article

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