Urologists' opinion on treating asymptomatic stones: Would we treat ourselves as we treat our patients? Survey from European Association of Urology, Young Academic Urologists, Endourology and Urolithiasis working party.
Emre Tarik SenerThomas TaillyYiloren TanidirEtienne Xavier KellerAmelia PietropaoloGómez Rivas JuanB M Zeeshan HameedVincent De ConinckTzevat TefikKemal SaricaAli Serdar GözenAndreas SkolarikosOlivier TraxerChristian SeitzBhaskar Kumar SomaniPublished in: Turkish journal of medical sciences (2023)
Current treatment and follow-up patterns of asymptomatic urinary stones are in agreement with international guidelines on symptomatic stones.In most of the urolithiasis situations urologists chose a conservative approach for their patients compared to what they would prefer for themselves. Conversely, urologists, in the scenarios as "the patient", would like to have a more frequent follow-up schedule for their stones compared to how they would follow-up their patients.