RE: Removal of small, asymptomatic kidney stones and incidence of relapse

Affiliations

¹ Department of Urology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Urology, KU Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
³ Department of Urology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium. Vincent.de.coninck@klina.be.

Comment

Matthias Boeykens et al. World J Urol. 2023 Feb.

. 2023 Feb;41(2):613-614.

doi: 10.1007/s00345-022-04251-5. Epub 2022 Dec 26.

¹ Department of Urology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium.
² Department of Urology, KU Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospitals Leuven, Louvain, Belgium.
³ Department of Urology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium. Vincent.de.coninck@klina.be.

No abstract available

Keywords: Humans; Incidence; Kidney; Kidney Calculi*/diagnostic imaging; Kidney Calculi*/epidemiology; Recurrence.

Comment on

Removal of Small, Asymptomatic Kidney Stones and Incidence of Relapse.
Sorensen MD, Harper JD, Borofsky MS, Hameed TA, Smoot KJ, Burke BH, Levchak BJ, Williams JC Jr, Bailey MR, Liu Z, Lingeman JE. Sorensen MD, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Aug 11;387(6):506-513. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2204253. N Engl J Med. 2022. PMID: 35947709 Free PMC article. Clinical Trial.

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