Chapter 1: AUA guideline on management of staghorn calculi: diagnosis and treatment recommendations.
- G. Preminger, D. Assimos, J. Lingeman, S. Nakada, M. Pearle, J. Wolf
- MedicineJournal of Urology
- 1 May 2005
The AUA Nephrolithiasis Guideline Panel believes that complete stone removal should remain a therapeutic goal, especially when a struvite/calcium carbonate/apatite stone is present.
2007 Guideline for the management of ureteral calculi.
- G. Preminger, H. Tiselius, J. Wolf
- MedicineEuropean Urology
- 1 December 2007
Lower pole I: a prospective randomized trial of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy for lower pole nephrolithiasis-initial results.
- D. Albala, D. Assimos, J. Woods
- MedicineJournal of Urology
- 1 December 2001
Prospective, randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for lower pole caliceal calculi 1 cm or less.
- M. Pearle, J. Lingeman, Stephanie L. Watkins
- MedicineJournal of Urology
- 1 June 2005
This study failed to demonstrate a statistically significant difference in stone-free rates between SWL and URS for the treatment of small lower pole renal calculi, however, SWL was associated with greater patient acceptance and shorter convalescence.
Quantitative assessment of citric acid in lemon juice, lime juice, and commercially-available fruit juice products.
- K. Penniston, S. Nakada, R. Holmes, D. Assimos
- MedicineJournal of endourology
- 20 March 2008
Lemon and lime juice, both from the fresh fruit and from juice concentrates, provide more citric acid per liter than ready-to-consume grapefruit juice, ready toconsume orange juice, and orange juice squeezed from the fruit.
Operating times and bleeding complications in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a comparison of tract dilation methods in 5,537 patients in the Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society…
- A. Yamaguchi, A. Skolarikos, J. J. de la Rosette
- MedicineJournal of endourology
- 13 June 2011
Investigating factors that affect operating times and bleeding complications associated with percutaneous nephrolithotomy shows that in PCNL, factors that are associated with bleeding/transfusion include sheath size, operating time, stone load, and caseload.
Prospective randomized trial comparing shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for management of distal ureteral calculi.
- M. Pearle, R. Nadler, R. Clayman
- MedicineJournal of Urology
- 1 October 2001
2007 guideline for the management of ureteral calculi.
- G. Preminger, H. Tiselius, J. Wolf
- MedicineJournal of Urology
- 1 December 2007
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