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Gregory E Tasian^{1

2}, Jonathan D Harper³, Hussein R Al-Khalidi^{4

5}, Hongqiu Yang⁴, Naim M Maalouf⁶, Michele Curatolo⁷, H Henry Lai^{8

9}, Alana Desai⁸, Jodi A Antonelli¹⁰, Jing Huang², Justin B Ziemba¹¹, Hunter Wessells³, Ziya Kirkali¹², Charles D Scales Jr^{4

10

13}, Peter P Reese^{2

14}

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¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine and Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁸ Department of Surgery (Urology), Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
⁹ Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
¹¹ Department of Urology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
¹² National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
¹⁴ Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 40052608
PMCID: PMC12331241 (available on 2026-03-07)
DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004408

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Gregory E Tasian et al. J Urol. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;213(4):483-484.

doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004408. Epub 2025 Mar 7.

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¹ Department of Surgery, Division of Urology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Urology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁴ Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁵ Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
⁶ Department of Internal Medicine and Charles and Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism and Clinical Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁷ Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
⁸ Department of Surgery (Urology), Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
⁹ Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri.
¹⁰ Department of Urology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
¹¹ Department of Urology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
¹² National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland.
¹³ Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina.
¹⁴ Renal-Electrolyte and Hypertension Division, Department of Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

PMID: 40052608
PMCID: PMC12331241 (available on 2026-03-07)
DOI: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004408

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Development of Prediction Models for Severe Pain and Urinary Symptoms After Ureteroscopy With Ureteral Stent Placement: Results From the STENTS Study and Initial Validation of Pain Interference.
Tasian GE, Harper JD, Al-Khalidi HR, Yang H, Maalouf NM, Curatolo M, Lai HH, Desai A, Antonelli JA, Huang J, Ziemba JB, Wessells H, Kirkali Z, Scales CD Jr, Reese PP. Tasian GE, et al. J Urol. 2025 Apr;213(4):475-484. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004370. Epub 2024 Dec 9. J Urol. 2025. PMID: 39653015

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1. Letter: Development of prediction models for severe pain and urinary symptoms after ureteroscopy with ureteral stent placement: results from the STENTS study and initial validation of pain interference. J Urol 2025; 213(5): 653–654. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004423 - DOI - PubMed
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1. Development of prediction models for severe pain and urinary symptoms after ureteroscopy with ureteral stent placement: results from the STENTS study and initial validation of pain interference. J Urol 2025; 213(4):475–484. doi: 10.1097/JU.0000000000004370 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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