Ureteroscopy: The first-line treatment for distally located ureteral stones

Urology Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1028-1034

  Kiraç, Mustafa ^a   Atkin, Mehmet Sinan ^b   Biri, Hasan ^b   Deniz, Nuri ^a  

^a Koru Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Drug therapy; Lithotripsy; Treatment options; Ureteral calculi; Ureteroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHOLINERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; SULFONAMIDE; TAMSULOSIN; URINARY TRACT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DICLOFENAC; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMANS; MALE; PARASYMPATHOLYTICS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFONAMIDES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGICAL AGENTS; WATCHFUL WAITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892508035     PISSN: 17351308     EISSN: 1735546X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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