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Contemporary management of renal stones
Author(s) -
DouglasMoore Jayne L.,
Miller Marek A.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
trends in urology and men's health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2044-3749
pISSN - 2044-3730
DOI - 10.1002/tre.478
Subject(s) - medicine , open surgery , urinary system , general surgery , surgery
The lifetime risk of developing calculi in the urinary tract is around 10–15% and appears to be increasing. The chance of a subsequent stone after the initial episode in a 10‐year period is 50%. The authors describe how contemporary non‐invasive and minimally invasive treatments have dramatically changed stone management, making open surgery almost obsolete.