Single-center clinical comparison of two reinforced ureteral access sheaths for retrograde ureteroscopic treatment of urinary lithiasis

International Urology and Nephrology

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 409-414

  Ayyathurai, Rajinikanth ^a   Kanagarajah, Prashanth ^a   Shields, John ^a   Young, Ezekiel ^a   Alvarez, Alina ^a   Bird, Vincent G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Ureteral access sheath; Ureteroscopy; Urinary lithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; URETER CATHETERIZATION; URETER STENT; URETER STRICTURE; URETERAL ACCESS SHEATH; URETEROSCOPE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPES; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863102765     PISSN: 03011623     EISSN: 15732584     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11255-011-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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