Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 204-209 , April 2008

Comparison of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy and Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy in the Management of Impacted, Large, Proximal Ureteral Stones

  • Yung-Shun Juan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Jung-Tsung Shen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chia Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chii-Jye Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Shu-Mien Chuang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Chun-Hsiung Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
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  • Wen-Jeng Wu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to: Dr Wen-Jeng Wu, Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Medical University, 100 Shih-Chuan 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

Received 29 December 2006 ,Accepted 25 April 2007.

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PII: S1607-551X(08)70118-9

doi: 10.1016/S1607-551X(08)70118-9

Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
Volume 24, Issue 4 , Pages 204-209 , April 2008

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