Urological stone disease: a 5-year update of stone management using Hospital Episode Statistics.

Ibrahim Jour Angela Lam Benjamin W Turney

Published in: BJU international (2022)

The present study shows a plateauing in the prevalence of UUT stone disease in England in the last 5 years, with a move towards day-case procedures and an increase in the proportion of emergency work. For the first time in England, URS has overtaken SWL as the most common procedure for treating UUT stone disease, which might reflect patients' or physicians' preference for a more effective definitive treatment.

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