The Preferred Treatment for Upper Tract Stones Is Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) or Ureteroscopic: Pro ESWL

EXTRACORPOREALLY INDUCED DESTRUCTION OF KIDNEY STONES BY SHOCK WAVES

Ch. Chaussy, W. Brendel, E Schmiedt · The Lancet · 1980 · 1.2K citations

Medicine, Nephrology, Surgery +9

First Clinical Experience with Extracorporeally Induced Destruction of Kidney Stones by Shock Waves

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Medicine, Surgery, Urology +7

LOWER POLE I: A PROSPECTIVE RANDOMIZED TRIAL OF EXTRACORPOREAL SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY AND PERCUTANEOUS NEPHROSTOLITHOTOMY FOR LOWER POLE NEPHROLITHIASIS—INITIAL RESULTS

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Medicine, Surgery, Urology +11

PROSPECTIVE, RANDOMIZED TRIAL COMPARING SHOCK WAVE LITHOTRIPSY AND URETEROSCOPY FOR LOWER POLE CALICEAL CALCULI 1 CM OR LESS

Margaret S. Pearle, James E. Lingeman, Raymond J. Leveillee et al. · The Journal of Urology · 2005 · 454 citations

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Shock wave lithotripsy success determined by skin-to-stone distance on computed tomography

Gyan Pareek, Sean P. Hedican, Fred T. Lee et al. · Urology · 2005 · 280 citations

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