Predictive value of attenuation coefficients measured as hounsfield units on noncontrast computed tomography during flexible ureteroscopy with holmium laser lithotripsy: A single-center experience

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1125-1130

  Ito, Hiroki ^a,b   Kawahara, Takashi ^a,b   Terao, Hideyuki ^a   Ogawa, Takehiko ^b   Yao, Masahiro ^b   Kubota, Yoshinobu ^b   Matsuzaki, Junichi ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLMIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FRAGMENTATION REACTION; HUMAN; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION; RENOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STRICTURE; URETEROSCOPY;

CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLIABILITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84865783458     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2012.0154     Document Type: Article

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