Comparison of percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde flexible nephrolithotripsy for the management of 2-4 cm stones: A matched-pair analysis

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1384-1389

  Akman, Tolga ^a   Binbay, Murat ^a   Ozgor, Faruk ^a   Ugurlu, Mesut ^a   Tekinarslan, Erdem ^a   Kezer, Cem ^a   Aslan, Rahmi ^a   Muslumanoglu, Ahmet Yaser ^a  

^a HASEKI EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Complication; Flexible ureterorenoscopy; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Retrograde intrarenal surgery; Urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FEVER; GENDER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SURGERY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE FLEXIBLE NEPHROLITHOTRIPSY; SEPSIS; SOLITARY KIDNEY; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84555210545     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10691.x     Document Type: Article

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