Utility and limitation of cumulative stone diameter in predicting urinary stone burden at flexible ureteroscopy with holmium laser lithotripsy: a single-center experience.

PURPOSE: To retrospectively assess the clinical utility in ureteroscopy (URS) planning of cumulative stone diameter (CSD), which does not account for stone width or depth, as a predictor of URS outcome and compare it with stone volume. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Patients with renal stones treated at a s...

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Main Authors: Hiroki Ito, Takashi Kawahara, Hideyuki Terao, Takehiko Ogawa, Masahiro Yao, Yoshinobu Kubota, Junichi Matsuzaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3672212?pdf=render