Predicting stone composition before treatment – can it really drive clinical decisions?
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Predicting stone composition before treatment – can it really drive clinical decisions?
INTRODUCTION Determination of stone composition is considered to be crucial for the choice of an optimal treatment algorithm. It is especially important for uric acid stones, which can be dissolved by oral chemolysis and for renal stones smaller than 2 cm, which can be treated with extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL). MATERIAL AND METHODS This short review identifies the latest papers...
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عنوان ژورنال: Central European Journal of Urology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 2080-4873
DOI: 10.5173/ceju.2014.04.art15