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Lithotripsy Literature Database

Welcome to our comprehensive Lithotripsy Literature Database. This carefully curated resource provides access to scientific publications covering all aspects of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL). Whether you are looking for clinical studies, technical innovations, or long-term outcomes, this database supports medical professionals, researchers and students in staying informed about the latest developments in lithotripsy.

Garza-Montúfar ME. et al., 2025: Classification System for the Treatment of Encrusted Ureteral Stents.

María E Garza-Montúfar 1, Hid F Cordero-Franco 2, Carlos M García-Pérez 3, Juan H Díaz-García 4, Brissia Lazalde 5
1Urology Department, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Hospial General de Zona N° 33, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
2Centro de Investigación Biomédica del Noreste/Unidad de Investigación Epidemiológica y en Servicios de Salud, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
3Urology Department, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Unidad de Medicina de Alta Especialidad N° 25, Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
4División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Facultad de Medicina y Nutrición, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, México.
5Departamento de Genética, Facultad de Medicina y Nutrición, Universidad Juárez del Estado de Durango, Durango, Durango, México.

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Hu Q. et al., 2025: Ureteral Stents in the Management of Pediatric Urolithiasis: A Systematic Review.

Qibo Hu 1, Hongbo Liu 1, Kai Chen 2, Weifeng Yang 1, Wei Ru 1, Xiang Yan 1
1Department of Urology, Pediatric Urolith Centre, Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, National Clinical Research Centre for Child Health, Hangzhou, China.
2Department of Urology, the First Hospital of Jiaxing & The Affiliated Hospital of Jiaxing University, Zhejiang, China.

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Iregui-Parra J. et al., 2025: Phyllanthus niruri in the management of nephrolithiasis: A systematic review of the literature.

J Iregui-Parra 1, V Rojas Ossa 2, C M Arias Salazar 1, A D López Estupiñán 3, D Díaz Varela 1, L M Sinisterra Parra 4, L Diéguez 5, E Emiliani 6
1Grupo Colombiano de Investigación en Urología (GCIU), Colombia; Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, Cali; Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (GIESP), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
2Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Urología, Hospital del Salvador, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
3Grupo Colombiano de Investigación en Urología (GCIU), Colombia.
4Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, Cali; Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (GIESP), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
5Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. 
6Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Urología, NYU Langone Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Nueva York, NY, United States.

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Papatsoris A. et al., 2025: Management of urinary stones by experts in stone disease (ESD 2025).

Athanasios Papatsoris 1, Bogdan Geavlete 2, George Daniel Radavoi 3, Mohammed Alameedee 4, Murtadha Almusafer 5, M Hammad Ather 6, Alberto Budia 7, Alin Adrian Cumpanas 8, Murat Can Kiremi 9, Athanasios Dellis 10, Mohamed Elhowairis 11, Juan Antonio Galán-Llopis 12, Petrisor Geavlete 13, Jordi Guimerà Garcia 14, Bernat Isern 15, Viorel Jinga 16, Juan Manuel Lopez 17, Juan Antonio Mainez 18, Iraklis Mitsogiannis 19, Jorge Mora Christian 20, Mohammad Moussa 21, Razvan Multescu 22, Yusuf Oguz Acar 23, Kremera Petkova 24, Adrià Piñero 25, Elenko Popov 26, Maria Ramos Cebrian 27, Stefan Rascu 28, Roswitha Siener 29, Petros Sountoulides 30, Kyriaki Stamatelou 31, Jaffry Syed 32, Alberto Trinchieri 33
1National Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2nd University Urology Clinic, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens.
2"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Saint John" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest.
3Clinical Hospital of Urology Prof. Dr. Theodor Burghele, Bucharest. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
4Diwaniya Teaching Hospital, Diwaniyah.
5College of Medicine, University of Basrah.
6Urology Department, Aga Khan University, Karachi.
7Urology Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia.
8Department of Urology, Victor Babes¸ University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Timisoara.
9Department of Urology, Koç University School of Medicine, Istanbul.
102nd Department of Surgery, Aretaieion Academic Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens.
11London Clinic, London.
12Department of Urology, General University Hospital Dr Balmis, Alicante.
13Romanian Academy of Medical Sciences, Bucharest.
14Lithiasis Unit, Urology Department, Son Espases University Hospital, Palma.
15Renal Lithiasis and Pathological Calcification Group (LiRCaP), Research Institute of Health Sciences (IUNICS), University of the Balearic Islands and Health Research Institute of the Balearic Islands (IdISBa), Palma .
16Clinical Hospital of Urology Prof. Dr. Theodor Burghele, Bucharest.
17Urology Department, ICNU Barcelona University Clinic Hospital, Barcelona.
18La Paz University Hospital, Madrid.
19National Kapodistrian University of Athens, 2nd University Urology Clinic, Sismanoglio Hospital, Athens.
20Urologia Clínica Bilbao, IMQ Zorrotzaurre University Hospital and Deusto University, Bilbao.
21Faculty of Medicine at Lebanese University, Beirut.
22"Carol Davila" University of Medicine and Pharmacy, "Saint John" Emergency Clinical Hospital, Bucharest.
23Liv Vadistanbul Hospital, Istanbul.
24Department of Urology and Nephrology, Military Medical Academy, Sofia.
25Urology Department, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona.
26Department of Urology, UMHAT "Tzaritza Yoanna-ISUL", Medical University, Sofia.
27Renal Transplant Unit, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Valencia.
28Clinical Hospital of Urology Prof. Dr. Theodor Burghele, Bucharest.
29University Stone Center, Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, University Hospital, .
301st Urology Department, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
31"Mesogeios" Nephrology Center, Athens.
32University College Hospital, Galway Clinic and Bons Secours Hospital, Galway.
33CDC Ambrosiana, Cesano Boscone (MI).

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Abd Ali F. et al., 2025: Unterpolsteine und ihre Behandlung [Stones in the lower pole and their treatment].

F Abd Ali 1, P Vincze 1, T R W Herrmann 2, C Netsch 3, B Becker 3 4, G Hatiboglu 5, R Homberg 6, K Lehrich 7, A Miernik 8, P Olbert 9, D S Schöb 8, J Herrmann 10, J A Gross 11, L Lusuardi 12, Karl-Dietrich Sievert 13
1Universitätsklinik für Urologie, UK-OWL, Campus Klinikum Lippe, Detmold, Deutschland.
2Urologie, Kantonsspital Frauenfeld, Frauenfeld, Schweiz.
3Abteilung für Urologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Deutschland.
4Klinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Deutschland.
5Klinik für Urologie, SLK-Kliniken Heilbronn GmbH, Heilbronn, Deutschland.
6Klinik für Urologie, Kinderurologie und Uro-Gynäkologie, St. Barbara-Klinik Hamm-Hessen, Hamm, Deutschland.
7Klinik für Urologie, Vivantes Auguste-Viktoria-Klinikum, Berlin, Deutschland.
8Medizinische Fakultät, Klinik für Urologie, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Deutschland.
9BRIXSANA private clinic, Brixen, Italien.
10Klinik für Urologie und Urochirurgie, Universitätsklinkum Mannheim, Medizinische Fakultät Mannheim, Universität Heidelberg, Mannheim, Deutschland.
11Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Deutschland.
12Universitätsklink für Urologie und Andrologie, Paracelsus Medizinische Universität Salzburg, Salzburg, Österreich.
13Universitätsklinik für Urologie, UK-OWL, Campus Klinikum Lippe, Röntgenstraße 18, 32756, Detmold, Deutschland

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Quarà A. et al., 2025: The use of a virtual reality device (HypnoVR®) during extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for urinary stones: A case-control study.

Alberto Quarà 1, Luigi Candela 2, Aideen Madden 1, Mariela Corrales 1, Johan Cabrera 1, Stefano Moretto 1, Eugenio Ventimiglia 3, Frederic Panthier 1, Steeve Doizi 1, Olivier Traxer 1
1Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux des Paris, Sorbonne University, Paris, France.
2Department of Urology, Tenon Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux des Paris, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. Electronic address: 
3Division of Experimental Oncology, Unit of Urology, URI, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele, Milan, Italy; Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy.

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Demir M. et al., 2025: Evaluating shear wave elastography as a predictor of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy outcomes in children.

Mehmet Demir 1, İsmail Yağmur 2, Osman Dere 3, İbrahim Halil Albayrak 4, Abdulhakim Şengel 5
1Department of Urology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
2Department of Pediatric Urology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
3Department of Radiology, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
4Department of Urology, Şanliurfa Training and Research Hospital, Sanliurfa, Turkey.
5Department of Anhestesiology and Reanimation, Harran University Faculty of Medicine, Sanliurfa, Turkey.

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Ates T. et al., 2025: Global research trends in minimally invasive treatments for kidney stones: A bibliometric analysis (2015-2024).

Tunahan Ates 1, Ibrahim Halil Sukur 2, Fesih Ok 3, Mehmet Gurkan Arikan 4, Nebil Akdogan 4
1Department of Urology, Defne State Hospital, Hatay, Turkey.
2Department of Urology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
3Department of Urology, Adana City Training and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.
4Department of Urology, Faculty of Medicine, Cukurova University, Adana, Turkey.

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DiBianco JM. et al., 2025: Ureteroscopy vs Shockwave Lithotripsy for Lower Pole Renal Stones: Treatment Variation and Outcomes in a Surgical Collaborative.

John Michael DiBianco 1, Stephanie Daignault-Newton 2 3, Golena Fernandez Moncaleano 2, Eric Stockall 4, Spencer Hiller 5, Hyung Joon Kim 2, Hector Pimentel 6, David Wenzler 7, Brian Seifman 8, Naveen Kachroo 9, Casey A Dauw 2, Khurshid R Ghani 2 10
1Department of Urology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.
2Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
3Chief Statistician, The Journal of Urology®.
4Capital Urology Associates, Lansing, Michigan.
5AdventHealth, Orlando, Florida.
6Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, Michigan.
7Comprehensive Urology, Detroit, Michigan.
8Michigan Institute of Urology, Rochester Hills, Michigan.
9Department of Urology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan.
10Assistant Editor, The Journal of Urology®.

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Herout R. et al., 2025: Focus on the Blind Spot of Stone Disease: Analysis of Lower Urinary Tract Stone Interventions from 2006 to 2020 Using German Nationwide Inpatient Data.

Roman Herout 1, Juliane Putz 1, Angelika Borkowetz 1, Martin Baunacke 1, Rainer Koch 2, Christian Thomas 1, Johannes Huber 2, Christer Groeben 3
1Department of Urology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
2Department of Urology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany.
3Department of Urology, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany,

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Savun M. et al., 2025: Comparison of ultrasound-guided and fluoroscopy-guided shockwave lithotripsy in infants under 24 months.

Metin Savun 1, Ufuk Caglar 2, Ali Ayranci 2, Levent Denis Sekerel 2, Omer Sarilar 2, Faruk Ozgor 2
1Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, 34480, Istanbul, Türkiye.
2Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Haseki Training and Research Hospital, 34480, Istanbul, Türkiye.

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Sihombing AT. et al., 2025: Uncovering New Horizons: Update to Quadruple-D Score to Predict Stone-Free Rate with Advanced Non-invasive Lithotripsy Technology.

Aaron Tigor Sihombing 1, Zola Wijayanti 1, Steven Steven 1, Dicky Stefanus 1
1Department of Urology, Hasan Sadikin Academic Medical Center, University of Padjadjaran, Bandung, Indonesia.

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Alanazi AB. et al., 2025: . Safety and efficacy of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, retrograde intrarenal surgery, and extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for lower-pole renal stones: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abdullah Barghash Alanazi 1, Rawan Marzooq Alsolami 2, Abdulaziz Albalawi 1, Abdullah Almousa 1, Abdullatif Alhassan 3, Mutlaq Alotaibi 1, Hossam S El-Tholoth 1, Ahmed Alzahrani 1, Abdulrahman F Alruwaily 1
1Department of Urology, Prince Sultan Medical Military City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
2Department of Urology, Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
3Department of Urology, Security Forces Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

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Iregui-Parra J. et al., 2025: Phyllanthus niruri in the management of nephrolithiasis: A systematic review of the literature.

J Iregui-Parra 1, V Rojas Ossa 2, C M Arias Salazar 1, A D López Estupiñán 3, D Díaz Varela 1, L M Sinisterra Parra 4, L Diéguez 5, E Emiliani 6
1Grupo Colombiano de Investigación en Urología (GCIU), Colombia; Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, Cali; Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (GIESP), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
2Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Urología, Hospital del Salvador, Universidad de Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile.
3Grupo Colombiano de Investigación en Urología (GCIU), Colombia.
4Departamento de Epidemiología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad Libre, Cali; Grupo Interdisciplinario de Investigación en Epidemiología y Salud Pública (GIESP), Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia.
5Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Electronic address: 
6Servicio de Urología, Fundación Puigvert, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departamento de Urología, NYU Langone Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Nueva York, NY, United States.

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Wang D. et al., 2025: Treatment of large pancreatic radiolucent stone.

Dan Wang 1, Wei An 1, Jin-Hui Yi 1, Fan Wang 1, Zhao-Shen Li 1, Liang-Hao Hu 2
1Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Clinical Research Unit, Changhai Hospital, National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200000, China.
2Department of Gastroenterology, Changhai Clinical Research Unit, Changhai Hospital, National Key Laboratory of Immunity and Inflammation, Naval Medical University, Shanghai 200000, China

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Abdul S. et al., 2025: The risk factors affecting effect of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for pancreatic duct stones.

Sammad Abdul # 1, Xiaofei Jiao # 2, Chunying Wu 3
1International Education College, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
2Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
3Department of Radiology, Affiliated Hangzhou First People's Hospital, Westlake University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China.
#Contributed equally.

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Degirmentepe RB. et al., 2025: The impact of video-animated information on anxiety, satisfaction, and pain perception in patients undergoing ESWL: a randomized controlled study.

Recep Burak Degirmentepe 1, Yasir Muhammed Akca 2, Osman Sami Akman 2, Haci Ibrahim Cimen 2, Deniz Gul 3, Muammer Bozkurt 4, Tuncay Toprak 5, Osman Kose 2
1School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Sakarya University, Adapazari, Sakarya, P.C.: 54050, Turkey. 
2School of Medicine, Department of Urology, Sakarya University, Adapazari, Sakarya, P.C.: 54050, Turkey.
3Department of Urology, Sakarya University Training and Research Hospital, Sakarya, Turkey.
4Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences Prof. Dr. Cemil Tascioglu City Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
5Department of Urology, University of Health Sciences, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.

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Salah M. et al., 2025: Predictors of treatment failure and outcome assessment of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy with the Dornier Compact Delta® III Pro: experience from the first 1000 treatments.

Morshed Salah 1, Maged Al-Ghashmi 2, Bela Tallai 3, Abu Baker 4, Mohammed Ibrahim 5, Tawiz Gul 6, Hatem Kamkoum 7, Salvan Alhabash 8, Hossameldin Alnawsara 9, Abdoulhafid Elmogassabi 10, Maged Alrayashi 11, Mohammed Ebrahim 12, Mohamed Abdelkareem 13, Faisal Ahmed 14
1Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha.
2Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha.
3Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha.
4Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha.
5Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha.
6Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha; College of Medicine, Qatar University, Doha.
7Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha.
8Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
9Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
10Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
11Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
12Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
13Urology Section, Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha. 
14Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Ibb University, Ibb.

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Nedbal C. et al., 2025: Cost-effectiveness and health economics for ureteral and kidney stone disease: a systematic review of literature.

Carlotta Nedbal 1 2, Pietro Tramanzoli 1 2, Daniele Castellani 2, Vineet Gauhar 3, Andrea Gregori 1, Bhaskar Somani 4
1Urology Unit, ASST Fatebenefratelli Sacco, Milano.
2Urology Unit, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche, Polytechnic University of Le Marche, Ancona, Italy.
3Department of Urology, Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, NUHS, Singapore.
4Department of Urology, University Hospitals Southampton, NHS Trust, Southampton, UK.

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Skolarikos A. et al., 2025: . European Association of Urology Guidelines on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Urolithiasis.

Andreas Skolarikos 1, Robert Geraghty 2, Bhaskar Somani 3, Thomas Tailly 4, Helene Jung 5, Andreas Neisius 6, Ales Petřík 7, Guido M Kamphuis 8, Niall Davis 9, Carla Bezuidenhout 10, Michael Lardas 11, Giovanni Gambaro 12, John A Sayer 13, Riccardo Lombardo 14, Lazaros Tzelves 11
12nd Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
2Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
3Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK.
4Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Gante, Gante, Belgium.
5Urinvejskirurgisk Afdeling, Sygehus Lillebælt, Vejle, Denmark.
6Department of Urology, Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy Trier, Medical Campus University Mainz, Trier, Germany.
7Department of Urology, Region Hospital, Ceske Budejovice, Czechia.
8Department of Urology, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
9Department of Urology, Connolly Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
10European Association of Urology, Arnhem, The Netherlands.
112nd Department of Urology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Sismanogleio Hospital, Athens, Greece.
12Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
13Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK; Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
14Sant'Andrea Hospital, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.

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Ordon M. et al., 2025: The Impact of Timing of Definitive Intervention for Patients with Acute Renal Colic: A Population-Based Study.

Michael Ordon 1 2 3, Sarah Bota 3 4, Yuguang Kang 3 4, Blayne Welk 3 4 5 6
1Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
2Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.
3ICES, London, Canada.
4London Health Sciences Centre, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Canada.
5Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Canada.
6Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Western University, London, Canada.

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