Catheters, stents and nephrostomy tubes. Are they necessary and do they work?

Editorial

J Stuart Wolf Jr. J Urol. 2004 Aug.

. 2004 Aug;172(2):434.

doi: 10.1097/01.ju.0000132845.99535.ee.

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