Contemporary surgical trends in the management of upper tract calculi

Journal of Urology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 880-884

  Oberlin, Daniel T ^a   Flum, Andrew S ^a   Bachrach, Laurie ^a   Matulewicz, Richard S ^a   Flury, Sarah C ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

lithotripsy; nephrostomy, percutaneous; physician's practice patterns; ureteroscopy; urolithiasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CURRENT PROCEDURAL TERMINOLOGY; EXTRACORPOREAL LITHOTRIPSY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROLITHOTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECERTIFICATION; SURGEON; TREND STUDY; URETEROSCOPY; UROLOGIST; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOMY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; URETERAL CALCULI;

ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HUMANS; KIDNEY CALCULI; LITHOTRIPSY; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHROSTOMY, PERCUTANEOUS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URETERAL CALCULI; URETEROSCOPY;

EID: 84922641563     PISSN: 00225347     EISSN: 15273792     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.juro.2014.09.006     Document Type: Article

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