EFFICACY AND COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY FOR SOLITARY LOWER POLE RENAL CALCULI
- 1 January 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 159 (1) , 24-27
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)63999-5
Abstract
Purpose: We determined the efficacy of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy monotherapy and compared its cost-effectiveness with percutaneous nephrolithotomy for the management of lower po...Keywords
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