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Katsimperis S, Tzelves L, Juliebø-Jones P, Tsaturyan A, Ventimiglia E, Perri D, Boeykens M, Jahrreiss V, Moretto S, Sahin MF, Olivero A, Nowak Ł, Pietropaolo A, Martinez BB, Somani B, Skolarikos A.
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Yu A, Wu P.
Arch Esp Urol. 2026 Mar;79(2):298-305. doi: 10.56434/j.arch.esp.urol.20267902.36
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Çoban F, Kutlu H, Akbaba KT, Deniz ME, Kalyenci B.
Urolithiasis. 2026 Apr 10;54(1):86. doi: 10.1007/s00240-026-01975-6
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Al-Terki AE, Yaiesh S, Khan RN, Maqames S, Al-Shaiji TF, Al-Soudan Al-Anzi N.
Cureus. 2026 Jan 9;18(1):e101200. doi: 10.7759/cureus.101200
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Çitgez S, Kırlı EA, Demirbilek M, Irmak F, Dereköylü E, Önal B.
J Endourol. 2026 Feb;40(2):252-259. doi: 10.1177/08927790251372163. Epub 2026 Feb 16.
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Zang M, Dong Y, Wang X, Han C, Jia J.
Front Pediatr. 2026 Jan 21;13:1681384. doi: 10.3389/fped.2025.1681384
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Yang CC, Holt SK, Desai AC.
J Endourol. 2026 Feb;40(2):246-251. doi: 10.1177/08927790251394321
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Mohammad Ekhlasur Rahman, Mahabub Hassan, Kashif Waheed, Faisal Haque, Nazeer Ibraheem, Muhammad Rakib Hasan, Mohamed Mohamed
Cureus. 2025 Nov 24;17(11):e97716. doi: 10.7759/cureus.97716 FREE TEXT
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Guglielmo Mantica, Rafaela Malinaric, Federica Balzarini, Carlo Terrone
Urologia. 2025 Nov 20:3915603251398250. doi: 10.1177/03915603251398250
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Francesco Ripa, Edoardo Bonacina, Stefano Paolo Zanetti, Giorgio Mazzon, Simon Choong
World J Urol. 2025 Oct 31;43(1):656. doi: 10.1007/s00345-025-06041-1
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Ficky, Nur Rasyid, Widi Atmoko, Ponco Birowo
F1000Res. 2025 Mar 26;14:16. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.152346.2. FREE FULL TEXT
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Steven MacLennan, Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kathryn Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Paul Manson, Ruth Thomas, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Sam McClinton
Eur Urol. 2025 Sep;88(3):231-239. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.01.020. FREE ARTICLE
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Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kath Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Samuel McClinton
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Peter A Noble
Urology. 2025 Jul 24:S0090-4295(25)00717-4. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2025.07.044
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Gregory E Tasian, David I Chu, Caleb P Nelson, W Robert DeFoor, Justin B Ziemba, Jing Huang, Xianqun Luan, Michael Kurtz, Christina B Ching, Pankaj Dangle, Anthony J Schaeffer, Renea Sturm, Wayland Wu, Christopher Bayne, Nicolas Fernandez, Michael E Chua, Romano DeMarco, Pamela Ellsworth, Brian Augelli, Jing Bi-Karchin, Rebecca D McCune, Seth Vatsky, Susan Back, Zi Wang, Hunter Beck, Anna Kurth, Laura Kurth, Annabelle Pleskoff, Christopher B Forrest, Jonathan S Ellison; PKIDS Care Improvement Network; Kyle Rove, Scott Sparks, Eric Nelson, Bruce Schlomer, Aaron Krill, Ching Man Carmen Tong, Abby Taylor, Puneeta Ramachandra, Andrew Stec, Pasquale Casale, Douglas Coplen, Nicolette Janzen, Krystal Bagley, Michelle R Denburg, Kimberley Dickinson, Rosemary Laberee, Matt Lorenzo, Antoine Selman-Fermin, Joana Dos Santos, Campbell Grant, Kate Kraft, Bhalaajee Meenakshi-Sundaram
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Mehmet Demir, İsmail Yağmur, Osman Dere, İbrahim Halil Albayrak, Abdulhakim Şengel
Urolithiasis. 2025 Jun 25;53(1):126. doi: 10.1007/s00240-025-01796-z
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Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kathryn Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell , Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Sam McClinton
Eur Urol. 2025 Apr 22:S0302-2838(25)00071-5. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2025.02.002 FREE ARTICLE
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Evgenija Lozova, Mia Rainio, Marianne Udd, Outi Lindström, Taija Korpela, Antti Kuuliala, Arto Mikkola, Leena Kylänpää
Scand J Gastroenterol. 2025 Apr;60(4):386-393. doi: 10.1080/00365521.2025.2475084
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O F Çavdar, A Aydin, T Tokas, A Tozsin, N Gadzhiev, M G Sönmez, R Tekeli, G Ortner, P Kallidonis, B Akgül, T Knoll, G Bianchi, J Rassweiler, K Ahmed, S Guven
World J Urol. 2025 Mar 28;43(1):194. doi: 10.1007/s00345-025-05572-x FREE PMC ARTICLE
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Jonathan D Harper, Barbrina Dunmire, Jeff Thiel, Barbara H Burke, Yak-Nam Wang, Stephanie Totten, John C Kucewicz, Adam D Maxwell, M Kennedy Hall, Arturo E Holmes, Christina Popchoi, James E Lingeman, Alana C Desai, Robert M Sweet, Manjiri Dighe, Branda J Levchak, Claire C Yang, Michael R Bailey, Mathew D Sorensen
J Urol. 2025 Mar 17:101097JU0000000000004533. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004533
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Saeideh Azizi Mahkooyeh, Masoomeh Zakerimoghadam, Shima Haghani, Mojdeh Navidhamidi
J 4 Educ Health Promot. 2024 Nov 29;13:445. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_1111_23 FREE PMC ARTICLE
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Hanfeng Xu, Junlong Liu, Zheming Li, Chengshan Ge, Hongqiang Guo, Shiyu Song, Zhenhua Li, Song Bai
Urology. 2024 Nov 20:S0090-4295(24)00970-1. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2024.10.069
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Jiaxin Li, Yao Du, Gaoming Huang, Chiyu Zhang, Zhenfeng Ye, Jinghui Zhong, Xiaoqing Xi, Yawei Huang
iScience. 2024 Oct 23;27(12):110843. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110843 FREE TEXT
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Mathew D Sorensen, Barbrina Dunmire, Jeff Thiel, Bryan W Cunitz, Barbara H Burke, Branda J Levchak, Christina Popchoi, Arturo E Holmes, John C Kucewicz, M Kennedy Hall, Manjiri Dighe, Jessica C Dai, Fionnuala C Cormack, Ziyue Liu, Michael R Bailey, Michael P Porter, Jonathan D Harper
J Urol. 2024 Dec;212(6):811-820. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004186
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Ben H Chew, Jonathan D Harper, Roger L Sur, Thomas Chi, Shubha De, Anne R Buckley, Ryan F Paterson, Victor K F Wong, Connor M Forbes, M Kennedy Hall, Ross Kessler, Seth K Bechis, Jason R Woo, Ralph C Wang, David B Bayne, Derek Bochinski, Trevor D Schuler, Tim A Wollin, Rahim Samji, Mathew D Sorensen
J Urol. 2024 Oct;212(4):580-589. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004091
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Michaël Mel Henderickx, Nora Hendriks, A Carolien Bouma-Houwert, Joyce Baard, Guido M Kamphuis, Hugo W Schuil, Harrie P Beerlage, D Martijn de Bruin
Cent European J Urol. 2024;77(1):129-135. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2023.214 FREE PMC ARTICLE
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Patrick Juliebø-Jones, Lazaros Tzelves, Christian Beisland, Ingunn Roth, Bhaskar K Somani
Front Surg. 2024 Mar 20:11:1374851. doi: 10.3389/fsurg.2024.1374851
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Chi-Fai Ng , Chi Hang Yee, Jeremy Y C Teoh, Peter K F Chiu, Angel W Y Kong, Becky S Y Lau, Steven C H Leung, Ka Tak Wong, Winnie C W Chu
J Endourol. 2024 May;38(5):505-512. doi: 10.1089/end.2023.0662
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Mohamed Samir, Abdelrahim Galaleldine, Tarek El-Zayat, Noha Diaa Eldin, Mahmoud A Mahmoud, Diaa Mostafa
World J Urol. 2024 Mar 15;42(1):160. doi: 10.1007/s00345-024-04855-z FREE FULL TEXT
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Owen K, Joe W, Ivander A, Palgunadi IN, Adhyatma KP.
Acad Radiol. 2023 Nov 18:S1076-6332(23)00556-1. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2023.10.021
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Soleimani MJ, Shahrokh H, Soraki VV, Fakhar V, Ghaed MA, Narouie B.
Urologia. 2023 Mar 18:3915603231162663. doi: 10.1177/03915603231162663
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Int J Surg. 2023 Mar 4. doi: 10.1097/JS9.0000000000000062
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Hall MK, Thiel J, Dunmire B, Samson PC, Kessler R, Sunaryo P, Sweet RM, Metzler IS, Chang HC, Gunn M, Dighe M, Anderson L, Popchoi C, Managuli R, Cunitz BW, Burke BH, Ding L, Gutierrez B, Liu Z, Sorensen MD, Wessells H, Bailey MR, Harper JD.
J Urol. 2022 Nov;208(5):1075-1082. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000002864
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Chou HW, Huang CL, Lin YC, Lin YE, Chen WC.
Pathogens. 2022 Sep 27;11(10):1103. doi: 10.3390/pathogens11101103 FREE ARTICLE
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Tiwari AK, Sarkar D, Pal DK.
Urologia. 2022 Dec 14:3915603221140444. doi: 10.1177/03915603221140444
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Motolova M, Kral M.
Biomed Pap Med Fac Univ Palacky Olomouc Czech Repub. 2022 Jun 27. doi: 10.5507/bp.2022.029
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Bosio A, Alessandria E, Dalmasso E, Agosti S, Vitiello F, Vercelli E, Bisconti A, Gontero P.
Eur Urol Focus. 2022 Apr 21:S2405-4569(22)00081-5. doi: 10.1016/j.euf.2022.04.004
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Young MJ, Pang KH, Elmussarah M, Hughes PF, Browning AJ, Symons SJ.
BJU Int. 2022 Jun 10. doi: 10.1111/bju.15820
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Choi MJ, Lee JY, Park EJ.
Ultrason Sonochem. 2022 Feb;83:105927. doi: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2022.105927 FREE ARTICLE
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Yuan F, Wang Y, Ma Z, Jing M, You Y, Yu X, Chang D, Zhang P.
Transl Androl Urol. 2021 Sep;10(9):3684-3696. doi: 10.21037/tau-21-730 FREE ARTICLE
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Juliebø-Jones P, Keller EX, Tailly T, Æsøy MS, Esperto F, Mykoniatis I, de Coninck V, Pietropaolo A.
World J Urol. 2021 Nov 17:1-2. doi: 10.1007/s00345-021-03883-3 FREE ARTICLE
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Wymer KM, Sharma V, Juvet T, Klett DE, Borah BJ, Koo K, Rivera M, Agarwal D, Humphreys MR, Potretzke AM.
Urology. 2021 Jul 15:S0090-4295(21)00640-3. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2021.06.030
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Herout R, Baunacke M, Groeben C, Aksoy C, Volkmer B, Schmidt M, Eisenmenger N, Koch R, Oehlschläger S, Thomas C, Huber J.
World J Urol. 2021 Aug 28. doi: 10.1007/s00345-021-03818-y
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Rassweiler J, Rieker P, Pecha R, Dressel M, Rassweiler-Seyfried MC.
J Endourol. 2021 Jul 27. doi: 10.1089/end.2021.0416
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Wang CS, Li CC, Wu WJ, Liou WC, Lin YE, Chen WC.
BMC Urol. 2021 May 14;21(1):79. doi: 10.1186/s12894-021-00847-y FREE ARTICLE
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Dasgupta R, Cameron S, Aucott L, MacLennan G, Thomas RE, N'Dow J, Norrie J, Anson K, Keeley FX Jr, MacLennan SJ, Starr K, McClinton S.
Eur Urol. 2021 Mar 30:S0302-2838(21)00171-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eururo.2021.02.044
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Michel KF, Patel HD, Ziemba JB.
Urolithiasis. 2021 Feb 17. doi: 10.1007/s00240-021-01252-8
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Romeu G, Marzullo-Zucchet LJ, Díaz J, Villarroya S, Budía A, Ordaz DG, Caballer V, Vivas D.
World J Urol. 2021 Feb 22. doi: 10.1007/s00345-021-03620-w
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Falahatkar S, Beigzadeh M, Mokhtari G, Esmaeili S, Kazemnezhad E, Amin A, Herfeh NR, Falahatkar R.
Int Braz J Urol. 2021 May-Jun;47(3):596-609. doi: 10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2020.0848 FREE ARTICLE
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Gul A, Gul M.
Urolithiasis. 2020 Apr;48(2):103-108. doi: 10.1007/s00240-019-01147-9. Epub 2019 Jul 5.
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Friedlander DF, Brant A, McClure TD, Del Pizzo J, Nowels MA, Trinh QD, Sedrakyan A, Chughtai B.
World J Urol. 2020 Sep 9. doi: 10.1007/s00345-020-03430-6
Abstract
Purpose: To identify clinical and non-clinical predictors of treatment failure and perioperative complications following ureterorenoscopy versus shockwave lithotripsy.
Methods: The New York State Department of Health Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System (SPARCS) database was used to identify 226,331 patients who underwent index ureteroscopy or shockwave lithotripsy for renal stones from 2000 to 2016. Propensity-matched generalized linear-mixed modeling was utilized to compare failure and complication rates between the two procedure groups.
Results: 219,383 individuals meeting inclusion criteria who underwent either ureterorenoscopy (n = 124,342) or shockwave lithotripsy (n = 95,041) in New York State between 2000 and 2016 were included in our analysis. After propensity score matching, patients undergoing shockwave lithotripsy were found to have decreased odds of experiencing any type of 30-day complication (P < 0.001 for all) but increased odds of treatment failure at both 90 (OR 1.70, 95% CI 1.64-1.77) and 180 (OR 1.83, 95% CI 1.76-1.89) days (P < 0.001 for both).
Conclusion: Patients undergoing shockwave lithotripsy experienced significantly higher odds of treatment failure, although this undesirable outcome appears to be partially offset by lower 30-day complication rates.
Comment Peter Alken
This publication offers a refreshingly unbiased view on the two most frequent urological procedures. One feels a relief reading it compared to prospective randomized studies.
An idea, also formulated in the present paper, is getting popular: “Increasing emphasis on outcome measures that more accurately characterize the patient experience and the value of that experience draws into question the utility of past literature using traditional outcome measures, such as stone-free rate.”
There is additional interesting information on driving forces: “… a post-operative emergency department visit … may add as much as $6000 in episode based costs“ and “patients undergoing URS versus SWL were more frequently privately insured. To our knowledge, our paper is the first to identify payer status as a potential predictor of treatment modality for urinary stone disease.”
This reminds me of a paper by Wang et al. (1) which you find in this SWL literature database. I reviewed it 8 years ago. The authors looked at URS and ESWL treatments performed on ~ 1000 children in the Pediatric Health Information System (PISH) database. This is an US national database from 42 freestanding children’s hospitals in the US. One conclusion was: “Treatment choice depends significantly on the hospital at which a patient undergoes treatment” In other words, it was not the stone but the hospital door the parents opened that influenced the kind of therapy the child would get.
DJ-stent removal is of course not included in the evaluated data but will add to cost and patients discomfort
1. Wang HH, Huang L, Routh JC, Nelson CP. Shock wave lithotripsy vs ureteroscopy: variation in surgical management of kidney stones at freestanding children's hospitals. J Urol. 2012 Apr;187(4):1402-7. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2011.12.010.
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Harper JD, Metzler I, Hall MK, Chen TT, Maxwell AD, Cunitz BW, Dunmire B, Thiel J, Williams JC Jr, Bailey MR, Sorensen MDJ.
J Endourol. 2020 Sep 17. doi: 10.1089/end.2020.0725
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Hirsch B, Abt D, Güsewell S, Langenauer J, Betschart P, Pratsinis M, Vetterlein MW, Schmid HP, Wildermuth S, Zumstein V.
World J Urol. 2020 May 20. doi: 10.1007/s00345-020-03253-5
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Ramesh S, Chen TT, Maxwell AD, Cunitz BW, Dunmire B, Thiel J, Williams JC, Gardner A, Liu Z, Metzler I, Harper JD, Sorensen MD, Bailey MR.
J Endourol. 2020 Mar 20. doi: 10.1089/end.2019.0873
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Hegazy M, El-Assmy A, Ali-El-Dein B, Sheir KZ.
World J Urol. 2020 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s00345-020-03148-5. [Epub ahead of print].
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Han CS, Vetter JM, Endicott R, Chevinsky M, Zafar A, Venkatesh R.
Urolithiasis. 2019 Oct 17. doi: 10.1007/s00240-019-01162-w. [Epub ahead of print]
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Marchetti KA, Lee T, Raja N, Corona L, Kraft KH, Wan J, Ellison JS.
J Pediatr Urol. 2019 Jun 21. pii: S1477-5131(19)30193-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpurol.2019.06.006. [Epub ahead of print]
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Maxwell AD, Wang YN, Kreider W, Cunitz BW, Starr F, Lee D, Nazari Y, Williams JC Jr, Bailey MR, Sorensen MD.
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Chi-Fai N, Yee CH, Teoh JY, Lau B, Leung SC, Wong CY, Tak WK, Chu WC, Yuen J.
J Urol. 2019 May 21:101097JU0000000000000344. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000000344. [Epub ahead of print]
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Ichiyanagi O, Fukuhara H, Kurokawa M, Izumi T, Suzuki H, Naito S, Nishida H, Kato T, Tsuchiya N.Int Urol Nephrol. 2019 Feb;51(2):239-245. doi: 10.1007/s11255-018-02066-1. Epub 2019 Jan 2.
Abstract
We investigated the clinical efficacy of the Triple D score (TrD-S) on stone-free rate (SFR) prediction following shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) for renal stones 10-20 mm in diameter and modified the scoring system to improve outcome prediction. METHODS: We retrospectively examined clinical data from the medical records of 226 consecutive patients who underwent SWL for 10-20 mm kidney stones. The TrD-S was calculated according to the cutoffs of < 150 mm3 for stone volume, < 600 Hounsfield unit for stone density, and < 12 cm for skin-to-stone distance on computed tomography. The Quadruple D score was defined as the sum of the TrD-S and stone location (0/1 point for intrarenal stone distribution at lower/non-lower poles, respectively). Complete clearance 3 months after the final SWL was considered the stone-free status. RESULTS: The residual group (n = 102) had significantly older age, larger stones, higher stone density, higher lower-pole stone incidence, and lower TrD-S than the stone-free group (n = 124). In the multivariate analysis, age, TrD-S, and non-lower-pole stones independently predicted the SFR. The TrD-Ss of 0, 1, 2, and 3 points showed SFRs of 40.0%, 51.9%, 73.0%, and 100.0%, respectively. The Quadruple D scores of 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4 points showed SFRs of 0.0%, 37.9%, 54.5%, 84.4%, and 100.0%, respectively, with better prediction accuracy than the TrD-S (p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The TrD-S is successfully validated for use in Japanese patients with 10-20-mm renal stones. Simple addition of the stone location to the TrD-S could reinforce SFR prediction after SWL.
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Reesink DJ, Scheltema JMW, Barendrecht MM, Boeken Kruger AE, Jansonius A, Wiltink J, van der Windt F.
Scand J Urol. 2018 Nov 18:1-6. doi: 10.1080/21681805.2018.1524398. [Epub ahead of print]
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Bjazevic J, Razvi H.
Asian J Urol. 2018 Oct;5(4):223-234. doi: 10.1016/j.ajur.2018.05.006. Epub 2018 Jun 5. Review. FREE ARTICLE
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Zewin TS, El-Assmy A, Harraz AM, Bazeed M, Shokeir AA, Sheir K, Mosbah A.
Int Urol Nephrol. 2018 Sep 19. doi: 10.1007/s11255-018-1987-6. [Epub ahead of print]
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Proietti S, Somani BK, Pietropaolo A, Saitta G, Rodríguez-Socarrás ME, Rosso M, Bellinzoni P, Gaboardi F, Giusti G.
Cent European J Urol. 2018;71(2):190-195. doi: 10.5173/ceju.2018.1623. Epub 2018 Mar 27. FREE ARTICLE
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Connors BA, Schaefer RB, Gallagher JJ, Johnson CD, Li G, Handa RK, Evan AP.
Urology. 2018 Mar 26. pii: S0090-4295(18)30275-9. doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2018.03.020. [Epub ahead of print]. FREE ARTICLE
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Streeper NM.
Curr Urol Rep. 2018 Mar 17;19(5):29. doi: 10.1007/s11934-018-0782-3. Review.
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Shoar K, Turney BW, Cleveland RO.
J Acoust Soc Am. 2017 Dec;142(6):3715. doi: 10.1121/1.5017718. FREE ARTICLE
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Cunitz BW, Dunmire B, Bailey MR.
IEEE Trans Ultrason Ferroelectr Freq Control. 2017 Dec;64(12):1818-1827. doi: 10.1109/TUFFC.2017.2758647. Epub 2017 Oct 2. FREE ARTICLE
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López-Acón JD, Budía Alba A, Bahílo-Mateu P, Trassierra-Villa M, de Los Ángeles Conca-Baenas M, de Guzmán Ordaz-Jurado D, Boronat FT.
J Endourol. 2017 Dec;31(12):1289-1294. doi: 10.1089/end.2017.0261. Epub 2017 Nov 15.
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The Triple D score - composed of SSD, stone density, and stone volume - was introduced in 2015 (1) and was revalidated and confirmed by others, who pointed out the additive predictive power of stone location (2 ).
Interestingly in the present paper on Japanese patients the SSD which is related to the BMI had no significant effect on the ESWL outcome. The authors’ explanation is that obesity in Japanese people is rare with 2–3% of the Japanese population, in contrast to the 10–20% in Europe and the USA.
In only 50 % was a stone analysis available in both groups and the failure rate showed no correlation to the stone analysis. However, Calcium oxalate was not differentiated into Calciumoxalate-monohydrate which is more resistant to ESWL and Calciumoxalate-dihydrate which is more amenable to ESWL.
Otherwise this is a good contribution to an easy and better patient selection for ESWL.
1 Tran TY, McGillen K, Cone EB, Pareek G (2015) Triple D Score is a reportable predictor of shockwave lithotripsy stone-free rates. J Endourol 29(2):226–230
2 Ozgor F, Tosun M, Kayali Y, Savun M, Binbay M, Tepeler A (2017) External validation and evaluation of reliability and validity pf the Triple D Score to predict stone-free status after extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy. J Endourol 31(2):169–173