Economic outcomes of treatment for ureteral and renal stones: A systematic literature review

Journal of Urology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 449-454

  Matlaga, Brian R ^a   Jansen, Jeroen P ^b   Meckley, Lisa M ^c   Byrne, Thomas W ^c   Lingeman, James E ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MAPI GROUP   (Netherlands)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cost benefit analysis; kidney calculi; lithotripsy; ureteral calculi; ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALAYSIA; META ANALYSIS; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STONE DISSOLUTION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; RECURRENCE; UNITED STATES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84863727063     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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