EAU Guidelines on Diagnosis and Conservative Management of Urolithiasis

European Urology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 468-474

  Türk, Christian ^a   Petřík, Aleš ^b,c   Sarica, Kemal ^d   Seitz, Christian ^e   Skolarikos, Andreas ^f   Straub, Michael ^g   Knoll, Thomas ^h  

^a KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

^b Regional Hospital   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Kartal Dr Lutfi Kirdar Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^f SISMANOGLIO HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemolitholysis; Computed tomography; EAU guidelines; Medical expulsive therapy; Percutaneous nephrolithotomy; Shock wave lithotripsy; Stone surgery; Ureteroscopy; Urinary calculi

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; URIC ACID; XANTHINE;

ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; KIDNEY COLIC; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NEPHROLITHIASIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); URETER STONE; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGIC EXAMINATION; UROLOGY;

ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, UROLOGICAL; HUMANS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UROLITHIASIS; UROLOGY;

EID: 84940061753     PISSN: 03022838     EISSN: 18737560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eururo.2015.07.040     Document Type: Article

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