Win or lose? Percutaneous nephrostomy for a terminal-stage cervical-cancer patient featuring obstructive uropathy
He-Ling Chang1, Huey-Wen Lim, Fu-Hsiung Su
1Department of Family Medicine, Heart Lotus Palliative Ward, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Hualien, Taiwan.
Journal of Palliative Care
|May 13, 2006
Abstract
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