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Ultrasound Guided Ureteroscopy for the Definitive Management of Ureteral Stones: A Randomized, Controlled Trial

Levi A. Deters, Lawrence M. Dagrosa, Benjamin Herrick, Anne M. Silas, Vernon M. Pais

The Journal of Urology · 2014 · 54 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

In this feasibility study we found that ureteral stones may be definitively managed in a timely, effective and safe fashion without ionizing radiation in the general population using this novel technique of ultrasound guided ureteroscopy.

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