Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1049-1052 , May 2010

Horseshoe Kidney: Does It Really Have Any Negative Impact on Surgical Outcomes of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy?

  • Ender Ozden

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: Ender Ozden, M.D., Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, 55139 Kurupelit, Samsun, the Republic of Turkey
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  • Cenk Yucel Bilen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Mehmet Necmettin Mercimek

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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  • Bekir Tan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Saban Sarıkaya

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey
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  • Ahmet Sahin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey

Received 4 April 2009 ,Accepted 14 August 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02433-9

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.08.054

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 5 , Pages 1049-1052 , May 2010

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