Comparison of percutaneous nephrolithotomy and retrograde flexible nephrolithotripsy for the management of 2–4 cm stones: a matched‐pair analysis

Study Type – Therapy (case control) Level of Evidence 3b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Recently European Association of Urology 2011 guidelines on urolithiasis recommended retrograde intrarenal surgery as the second‐line therapy for the treatment of kidney stones...

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Published in:BJU international 2012-05, Vol.109 (9), p.1384-1389
Main Authors: Akman, Tolga, Binbay, Murat, Ozgor, Faruk, Ugurlu, Mesut, Tekinarslan, Erdem, Kezer, Cem, Aslan, Rahmi, Muslumanoglu, Ahmet Yaser
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
complication
Female
flexible ureterorenoscopy
Humans
Kidney Calculi - surgery
Lithotripsy - methods
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Nephrology. Urinary tract diseases
Nephrostomy, Percutaneous - methods
percutaneous nephrolithotomy
retrograde intrarenal surgery
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Outcome
Ureteroscopy
Urinary lithiasis
urolithiasis
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Summary:Study Type – Therapy (case control) Level of Evidence 3b What's known on the subject? and What does the study add? Recently European Association of Urology 2011 guidelines on urolithiasis recommended retrograde intrarenal surgery as the second‐line therapy for the treatment of kidney stones
ISSN:1464-4096
1464-410X
DOI:10.1111/j.1464-410X.2011.10691.x