Dissolution of Cystine Ureteral Calculus by Irrigation with Tromethamine
- 31 May 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 121 (6) , 811-812
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(17)57002-0
Abstract
An alternative to surgical intervention in cases of symptomatic cystine calculi is presented. A large obstructing ureteral calculus in a patient who had undergone 4 prior lithotomies was dissolved during a 5-day period by irrigation via a ureteral catheter with tromethamine-E, an alkaline organic amine i.v. solution.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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