Management patterns of medicare patients undergoing treatment for upper urinary tract calculi

Journal of Endourology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 723-728

  Matlaga, Brian R ^a   Meckley, Lisa M ^b   Kim, Micheline ^c   Byrne, Thomas W ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Trinity Partners LLC   (United States)

^c BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETER STENT; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC STENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIA, GENERAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MALE; MEDICARE; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STENTS; UNITED STATES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84901975558     PISSN: 08927790     EISSN: 1557900X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/end.2013.0580     Document Type: Article

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