Neurologic complications in percutaneous nephrolithotomy

Korean Journal of Urology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 172-176

  Basiri, Abbas ^a   Soltani, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Kamranmanesh, Mohammadreza ^a   Tabibi, Ali ^a   Ziaee, Seyed Amir Mohsen ^a   Nouralizadeh, Akbar ^a   Sharifiaghdas, Farzaneh ^a   Poorzamani, Mahtab ^a   Gharaei, Babak ^a   Ozhand, Ardalan ^a   Lashay, Alireza ^a   Ahanian, Ali ^a   Aminsharifi, Alireza ^a   Sichani, Mehrdad Mohammadi ^a   Asl Zare, Mohammad ^a   Beigi, Faramarz Mohammad Ali ^a   Najjaran, Vahid ^a   Abedinzadeh, Mehdi ^a   Nikkar, Mohammad Masoud ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Complications; Nephrolithotomy; Neurologic deficits; Paraplegia

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMIPLEGIA; HUMAN; ISCHEMIA; LITHOTRIPSY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PARAPLEGIA; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; QUADRIPLEGIA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

EID: 84875328957     PISSN: 20056737     EISSN: 20056745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4111/kju.2013.54.3.172     Document Type: Review

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