Primary ureteroscopy versus emergency stenting and delayed ureteroscopy: Is there a winner?

Bhaskar K Somani¹, Ewa Bres-Niewada^{2

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
² Roefler Memorial Hospital, Department of Urology, Pruszków, Poland.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland.

Editorial

Bhaskar K Somani et al. Cent European J Urol. 2021.

. 2021;74(3):451-452.

doi: 10.5173/ceju.2021.Ed1. Epub 2021 Jun 2.

Bhaskar K Somani¹, Ewa Bres-Niewada^{2

3}

¹ Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.
² Roefler Memorial Hospital, Department of Urology, Pruszków, Poland.
³ Faculty of Medicine, Lazarski University, Warsaw, Poland.

No abstract available

Keywords: kidney calculi; percutaneous nephrolithotomy; retrograde intrarenal surgery; stent; stone free; ureteroscopy.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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