Ureteroscopy for Urinary Calculi with or Without Ureteral Stents.

Am J Nurs

Terri D. Kane is an associate professor at Texas Wesleyan University, Fort Worth, TX, and a member of the Cochrane Nursing Care Field.

Published: May 2020

Editor's note: The mission of Cochrane Nursing is to provide an international evidence base for nurses involved in delivering, leading, or researching nursing care. Cochrane Corner provides summaries of recent systematic reviews from the Cochrane Library. For more information, see https://nursing.cochrane.org.

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