Flexible ureteroscopy and laser lithotripsy for bilateral multiple intrarenal stones: Is this a valuable choice?

Urology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 800-804

  Huang, Zhichao ^a   Fu, Fajun ^b   Zhong, Zhaohui ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Xu, Ran ^a   Zhao, Xiaokun ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CREATININE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLEXIBLE URETEROSCOPY; HEMATURIA; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RENOGRAPHY; URETER; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; X RAY;

ADULT; AGED; CREATININE; FEMALE; HEMATURIA; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LASERS, SOLID-STATE; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OPERATIVE TIME; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84866731316     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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