Ureteral stents are associated with reduced risk of ureteral complications after kidney transplantation: A large single center experience

Transplantation

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 304-308

  Fayek, Sameh A ^a   Keenan, Jeffrey ^a   Haririan, Abdolreza ^a   Cooper, Matthew ^a   Barth, Rolf N ^a   Schweitzer, Eugene ^a   Bromberg, Jonathan S ^a   Bartlett, Stephen T ^a   Philosophe, Benjamin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Kidney transplant; Leak; Stricture; Ureteral stent; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DONOR SELECTION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; URETER DISEASE; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETERONEOCYSTOSTOMY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE;

COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK; STENTS; URETERAL DISEASES; URETERAL OBSTRUCTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84856454757     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e31823ec081     Document Type: Article

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