Contemporary management of ureteral stones

European Urology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 764-772

  Bader, Markus J ^a   Eisner, Brian ^b   Porpiglia, Francesco ^c   Preminger, Glen M ^d   Tiselius, Hans Goran ^e  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antegrade percutaneous litholapaxie (PCNL); Extracorporal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL); Laparoscopic stone treatment; Lithotripsy; Medical expulsive therapy (MET); Ureteral calculi; Ureterorenoscopy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DOXAZOSIN; NIFEDIPINE; TAMSULOSIN; TERAZOSIN;

EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; URETER STONE; URETEROLITHOTOMY; URETEROSCOPY;

EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; LAPAROSCOPY; LITHOTRIPSY; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROLITHIASIS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84857656339     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2012.01.009     Document Type: Review

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