Association between some CT characteristics of renal stones and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy success rate

Background: Since non-contrast spiral CT (NCCT) is an imaging method of choice performed before extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL), we aimed to find the association between renal stone characteristics including stone density, location, volume, and skin-to-stone distance (SSD) on NCCT and ES...

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Main Authors: Saedi D, Molavi M
Format: Article
Language:fas
Published: Tehran University of Medical Sciences 2012-06-01
Series:Tehran University Medical Journal
Subjects:
CT
SSD
Online Access:http://tumj.tums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-25-134&slc_lang=en&sid=1