Open AccessShock wave lithotripsy outcomes for lower pole and non-lower pole stones from a university teaching hospital: Parallel group comparison during the same time period
Author(s) -
Robert Geraghty,
Jacob Burr,
Nick Simmonds,
Bhaskar K. Somani
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
urology annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.355
H-Index - 20
eISSN - 0974-7834
pISSN - 0974-7796
DOI - 10.4103/0974-7796.148601
Subject(s) - medicine , ureter , shock wave lithotripsy , renal pelvis , lithotripsy , surgery
Shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) is a treatment option for all locations of renal and ureteric stones. We compared the results of SWL for lower pole renal stones with all other non-lower pole renal and ureteric stones during the same time period.