Open AccessThe First 100 Cases of Endoscopic Combined Intrarenal Surgery in Korea: Matched Cohort Analyses versus Shock-Wave Lithotripsy
Author(s) -
Hae Do Jung,
Young Joon Moon,
Ahmad Almujalhem,
Ali Abdullah Alqahtani,
Mohammed Ali Alkhureeb,
Joo Yong Lee
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
yonsei medical journal/yonsei medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.702
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1976-2437
pISSN - 0513-5796
DOI - 10.3349/ymj.2022.63.5.440
Subject(s) - medicine , propensity score matching , confidence interval , shock wave lithotripsy , odds ratio , cohort , surgery , lithotripsy
This study presents our initial experience with endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery (ECIRS) for large renal stones and compares the results of a propensity score-matched cohort of patients undergoing shock-wave lithotripsy (SWL).