Consensus of multiple national guidelines: agreed strategies for initial stone management during COVID-19.
Bridget HeijkoopE GaliabovitchN YorkD WebbPublished in: World journal of urology (2020)
Urolithiasis will continue to be a source of emergency presentations requiring urgent intervention during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, it is possible to limit these interventions to decompression of the collecting system in the setting of concurrent obstruction or infection, performed under local anaesthesia to limit use of resources and minimise aerosol-generating procedures, with deferral of definitive management.