Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy compared with ureteroscopy for the removal of small distal ureteral stones

Urologia Internationalis

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 238-243

  Hautmann, Stefan ^a,b   Friedrich, Martin G ^a   Fernandez, Salvador ^a   Steuber, Thomas ^a   Hammerer, Peter ^a   Braun, Peter Martin ^b   Jünemann, Klaus Peter ^b   Huland, Hartwig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Shockwave lithotripsy; Small distal ureteral stones; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 8344267938     PISSN: 00421138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080834     Document Type: Article

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