Comparison of ultrasound-assisted and pure fluoroscopy-guided extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for renal stones

BACKGROUND: In this study, we aimed to compare the efficacy and clinical outcomes of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) for patients with renal stones using pure fluoroscopy (FS) or ultrasound-assisted (USa) localization with two lithotripters. METHODS: We retrospectively identified 425 patients with rena...

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Published in:BMC Urol
Main Authors: Chang, Tsung-Hsin, Lin, Wun-Rong, Tsai, Wei-Kung, Chiang, Pai-Kai, Chen, Marcelo, Tseng, Jen-Shu, Chiu, Allen W.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2020
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7653739/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33172476
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12894-020-00756-6
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