A prospective evaluation of pain associated with stone passage, stents, and stent removal using a visual analog scale

Urology

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 521-525

  Kuehhas, Franklin E ^a   Miernik, Arkadus ^b   Sharma, Varun ^a   Sevcenco, Sabina ^a   Javadli, Elchin ^a   Herwig, Ralf ^a   Szarvas, Tibor ^a   Schoenthaler, Martin ^b   Schatzl, Georg ^a   Weibl, Peter ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CYSTOSCOPY; DEVICE REMOVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIDNEY COLIC; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOCICEPTION; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PERFORATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECURRENT DISEASE; STONE FORMATION; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; DEVICE REMOVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; RECURRENCE; RENAL COLIC; STENTS; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883235603     PISSN: 00904295     EISSN: 15279995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.urology.2013.04.031     Document Type: Article

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