Ureteroscopy and holmium laser lithotripsy: Is this procedure safe in pregnant women with ureteral stones at different locations?

Archivio Italiano di Urologia e Andrologia

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 86-89

  Adanur, Senol ^a   Ziypak, Tevfik ^a   Bedir, Fevzi ^a   Yapanoglu, Turgut ^a   Aydin, Hasan Riza ^b   Yilmaz, Mehmet ^c   Aksoy, Mehmet ^a   Ozbey, Isa ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Department of Urology kçaabat Haçkal Baba Hospital   (Turkey)

^c ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Laser lithotripsy; Pregnancy; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DOUBLE J STENT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOLMIUM LASER; HUMAN; HYDRONEPHROSIS; KIDNEY HYPOPLASIA; LASER LITHOTRIPSY; LITHOTRIPTER; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RIGID URETEROSCOPE; SEMI RIGID URETEROSCOPE; SOLITARY KIDNEY; URETER STONE; URETEROSCOPY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HOLMIUM; HUMANS; LITHOTRIPSY, LASER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906655544     PISSN: 11243562     EISSN: 22824197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4081/aiua.2014.2.86     Document Type: Article

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