title: Stones in 2015: Changes in stone management - suspending belief for evidence.
abstract: In 2015, population-based studies in patients with urinary stones informed us of the changing trends in contemporary stone management and identified areas for improvement. Although meta-analyses aim to provide the highest level of evidence, a randomized controlled trial of medical expulsive therapy challenged current paradigms and was the defining publication of the year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, University of Michigan, 3875 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.
authors.forename: Sapan N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Ambani
authors.affiliation: Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, NCRC Building 16, 1st Floor, Room 114W, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-2900, USA.
authors.forename: Khurshid R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Ghani
mesh_terms: D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D017602:Lithotripsy, Laser; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*