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Complications and salvage options after laser lithotripsy for a vesical calculus in a tetraplegic patient: a case report

BACKGROUND: Laser lithotripsy of vesical calculi in tetraplegic subjects with long-term urinary catheters is fraught with complications because of bladder wall oedema, infection, fragile urothelium, bladder spasms, and autonomic dysreflexia. Severe haematuria should be anticipated; failure to instit...

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Autores principales: Vaidyanathan, Subramanian, Singh, Gurpreet, Selmi, Fahed, Hughes, Peter L, Soni, Bakul M, Oo, Tun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4304632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25621008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13037-014-0052-3