Differences in renal stone treatment and outcomes for patients treated either with or without the support of a ureteral access sheath: The Clinical Research Office of the Endourological Society Ureteroscopy Global Study.

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Published in World J Urol on May 14, 2015

Authors

Olivier Traxer1, Gunnar Wendt-Nordahl2, Hiren Sodha3, Jens Rassweiler4, Shimon Meretyk5, Ahmet Tefekli6, Fernando Coz7, Jean J de la Rosette8

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Urology, University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France.
2: Department of Urology, Sindelfingen-Böblingen Medical Center, Sindelfingen, Germany.
3: Department of Urology, RG Stone Urology and Laparoscopy Hospital, Andheri, Mumbai, India.
4: Department of Urology, SLK-Klinikum am Gesundbrunnen, Heilbronn, Germany.
5: Department of Urology, Rambam Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
6: Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Istanbul, Turkey.
7: Department of Urology, Hospital Militar, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile.
8: Department of Urology, AMC University Hospital, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. j.j.delarosette@amc.uva.nl.

Associated clinical trials:

Effect of Use of Ureteral Access Sheath on Levels of Cystatin C & Netrin-1 in Patients Undergoing RIRS | NCT02533414

Trial of Tadalafil, Tamsulosin and Combination for Access Sheath Deployment | NCT03229889

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