Emergency vs elective ureteroscopy for a single ureteric stone.

Abdullatif Al-TerkiMajd AlkabbaniTalal A AleneziTariq F Al-ShaijiShabir Al-MousawiAhmed R El-Nahas

Published in: Arab journal of urology (2020)

Emergency URS can be as safe and effective as elective URS for the treatment of a single ureteric stone if it is performed in patients without fever or turbid urine.Abbreviations: EL Group: elective group; EM Group: emergency group; KUB: plain abdominal radiograph of the kidneys, ureters and bladder; MET: medical expulsive therapy; NCCT: non-contrast CT; SFR: stone-free rate; SWL: shockwave lithotripsy; URS: ureteroscopy.

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