An overview of treatment options for urinary stones

Urolithiasis has become a worldwide problem with the prevalence of the disease increasing over the past few decades. While various treatment modalities have evolved over the years, discrepancies exist regarding the clinical indications and the efficacy of each of these treatment options. In the pres...

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Autores principales: Shafi, Hamid, Moazzami, Bobak, Pourghasem, Mohsen, Kasaeian, Aliakbar
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Babol University of Medical Sciences 2016
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4761115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26958325
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author Shafi, Hamid
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description Urolithiasis has become a worldwide problem with the prevalence of the disease increasing over the past few decades. While various treatment modalities have evolved over the years, discrepancies exist regarding the clinical indications and the efficacy of each of these treatment options. In the present review, we aim to review the current treatment modalities for urinary tract stones to provide a better understanding on the therapeutic approaches as well as their clinical indications.
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spelling pubmed-47611152016-03-08 An overview of treatment options for urinary stones Shafi, Hamid Moazzami, Bobak Pourghasem, Mohsen Kasaeian, Aliakbar Caspian J Intern Med Review Article Urolithiasis has become a worldwide problem with the prevalence of the disease increasing over the past few decades. While various treatment modalities have evolved over the years, discrepancies exist regarding the clinical indications and the efficacy of each of these treatment options. In the present review, we aim to review the current treatment modalities for urinary tract stones to provide a better understanding on the therapeutic approaches as well as their clinical indications. Babol University of Medical Sciences 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC4761115/ /pubmed/26958325 Text en This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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