A treatment strategy to help select patients who may not need secondary intervention to remove symptomatic ureteral stones after previous stenting

ConclusionsThe majority (61%) of ureteral stones passed spontaneously after pre-stenting; 34% while the stent was indwelling, 27% within 24  h after stent removal. Besides distal stone location, stone size (<  6 mm) and stone movement (≥ 5 cm) while the stent is indwelling indicate patients who are likely to pass their ureteral stone spontaneously after stent removal. The treatment strategy (decision tree) presented here helps identify those patients.Trial registrationhttps://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN12112914.
Source: World Journal of Urology - Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: research