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Conservative management of staghorn stones

Author(s) -

M. Alsawi,

Tarik Amer,

Martin Mariappan,

S Nalagatla,

Alan G. Ramsay,

Omar M. Aboumarzouk

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

annals of the royal college of surgeons of england

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.39

H-Index - 63

eISSN - 1478-7083

pISSN - 0035-8843

DOI - 10.1308/rcsann.2019.0176

Subject(s) - medicine , conservative management , staghorn calculus , asymptomatic , watchful waiting , surgery , conservative treatment , urinary system , dialysis , mortality rate , percutaneous , percutaneous nephrolithotomy , prostate cancer , cancer

Since the seminal works by Singh and Blandy in the 1970s, the management of staghorn stones has almost exclusively involved surgical intervention. In contrast, a more recent study found that conservative management was not as unsafe as previously believed. The present review sought to examine the available literature to understand the implications of a conservative strategy.

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