Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 420-422 , August 2010

Renal pseudoaneurysm following laser lithotripsy: Endovascular treatment of a rare complication

  • Meguru Watanabe

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Horacio M. Padua

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Hiep T. Nguyen

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Urology, Children's Hospital Boston and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Ahmad I. Alomari

      Affiliations

    • Divisions of Vascular and Interventional Radiology, Children's Hospital Boston, 300 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 617 232 7043; fax: +1 617 730 0541.

Received 29 July 2009 ,Accepted 22 December 2009.

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PII: S1477-5131(10)00003-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2009.12.011

Journal of Pediatric Urology
Volume 6, Issue 4 , Pages 420-422 , August 2010

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