Radiation exposure of patient and surgeon in minimally invasive kidney stone surgery.

CONCLUSION: Although there is need for more prospective randomized studies, RIRS appears to be a viable alternate for PNL because it has short fluoroscopy time and the radiation exposure is low in every step. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: 4. PMID: 27178347 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Progres en Urologie - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Prog Urol Source Type: research