Does the hounsfield unit value determined by computed tomography predict the outcome of percutaneous nephrolithotomy?

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 792-796

  Gücük, Adnan ^a   Üyetürk, Uǧur ^a   Öztürk, Ufuk ^b   Kemahli, Eray ^a   Yildiz, Mevlüt ^a   Metin, Ahmet ^a  

^a ABANT IZZET BAYSAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMATOCRIT; HOUNSFIELD UNIT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PROGNOSIS; ROC CURVE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863829460     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2011.0518     Document Type: Article

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