title: Editorial comment. The value of intensive medical management of  distal ureteral calculi in an effort to facilitate spontaneous stone passage.
authors.affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Preminger
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013256:Steroids; D014514:Ureteral Calculi / Q000188:drug therapy*
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D000893:Anti-Inflammatory Agents; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D013256:Steroids