Evolution of stone management in Australia

BJU International

Volumn 108, Issue SUPPL.2, 2011, Pages 29-33

  Lee, Ming Chak ^a   Bariol, Simon Virgil ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; epidemiology; kidney; kidney stones; treatment; urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; DATA BASE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVENTION STUDY; KIDNEY COLIC; NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELOLITHOTOMY; TREND STUDY; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; ENDOSCOPY; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RENAL COLIC; UROLITHIASIS;

EID: 81455154766     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10695.x     Document Type: Article

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