Obstructive ureteral calculi and upper-tract urothelial carcinoma: A tale of two cases
Bo-Yan Su1, Hao Tan1, Jun-Sheng Bao2
1Department of Urology, Key Laboratory of Disease of Urological Systems, Gansu Nepho-Urological Clinical Center, The Second Hospital & Clinical Medical School, Lanzhou University, 80 Cui YinMen Street, Chen-guan District, Lanzhou, Gansu, China.
Asian Journal of Surgery
|January 3, 2024
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