Impact of obesity on ureteroscopic laser lithotripsy of urinary tract calculi

Purpose: The treatment of urinary tract stones in obese patients may differ from the treatment of non-obese patients and their success rate varies. Our objective was to compare ureteroscopic treatment outcomes of ureteral and renal stones, stratified for stone size and location, between overweight,...

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Published in:International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Main Authors: Ricardo Natalin, Keith Xavier, Zephaniah Okeke, Mantu Gupta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Urologia 2009-02-01
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1677-55382009000100006