The impact of retrograde intrarenal surgery for asymptomatic renal stones in patients undergoing ureteroscopy for a symptomatic ureteral stone

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 970-973

  Goldberg, Hanan ^a   Holland, Ronen ^a   Tal, Raanan ^a   Lask, Dov M ^a   Livne, Pinhas M ^a   Lifshitz, David A ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEVER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY SURGERY; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OPERATION DURATION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROGRADE INTRARENAL SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGID URETEROSCOPY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE EXTRAVASATION; URINE RETENTION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LENGTH OF STAY; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STENTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84882966995     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2013.0055     Document Type: Article

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