Management of stones in renal transplant

Current Opinion in Urology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 175-179

  Wong, Kathie A ^a   Olsburgh, Jonathon ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

de novo lithiasis; donor gifted stones; ex vivo ureteroscopy; renal transplant lithiasis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DE NOVO LITHIASIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EX VIVO STUDY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY GRAFT; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; METABOLIC DISORDER; NEPHROLITHIASIS; ORGAN DONOR; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PEROPERATIVE ECHOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STONE FORMATION; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LITHOTRIPSY; LIVING DONORS; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84873413344     PISSN: 09630643     EISSN: 14736586     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOU.0b013e32835d3097     Document Type: Review

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