Outcomes of long-term follow-up of patients with conservative management of asymptomatic renal calculi

BJU International

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 622-625

  Koh, Li Tsa ^a   Ng, Foo Cheong ^a   Ng, Kok Kit ^a  

^a CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

asymptomatic; calculi; observation; renal

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URETEROSCOPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WATCHFUL WAITING;

EID: 84857033287     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10329.x     Document Type: Article

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