Placement of ureteral stent after uncomplicated ureteroscopy: Do we really need it?

Urology

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1248-1256

  Tang, Liang ^a   Gao, Xu ^a   Xu, Bin ^a   Hou, Jianguo ^a   Zhang, Zhensheng ^a   Xu, Chuanliang ^a   Wang, Linhui ^a   Sun, Yinghao ^a  

^a SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DYSURIA; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEVER; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMATURIA; HOLMIUM LASER; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; LOWER URINARY TRACT SYMPTOM; OPERATION DURATION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PNEUMATIC LITHOTRIPSY; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY FREQUENCY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINARY TRACT PAIN; URINARY URGENCY;

CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DYSURIA; HEMATURIA; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; OFFICE VISITS; STENTS; TIME FACTORS; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; URINATION DISORDERS;

EID: 82955203178     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2011.05.004     Document Type: Article

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