1500 cases of renal and ureteric calculi treated in an integrated stone centre.
Fifteen hundred consecutive cases of renal and ureteric calculi were treated in an integrated stone centre; 1464 of these were treated by extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolithotomy, ureterorenoscopy and ureteroscopic lasertripsy. Only 36 (2.4%) required open surgery.
Das
G
G
London Stone Clinic, Institute of Urology.
Dick
J
J
Bailey
M J
MJ
Fletcher
M S
MS
Birch
B
B
Coptcoat
M J
MJ
Webb
D R
DR
Kellett
M J
MJ
Whitfield
H N
HN
Wickham
J E
JE
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008722:Methods; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*