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Comment
. 2025 Mar 24;12(1):15.
doi: 10.1186/s40779-025-00602-6.

A comprehensive guide to miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy: International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on best practices

Kesavapillai Subramonian  1
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A comprehensive guide to miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy: International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on best practices

Kesavapillai Subramonian. Mil Med Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Delphi process; International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus; Kidney stone surgery; Miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mPCNL).

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Declarations. Ethics approval and consent to participate: Not applicable. Consent for publication: Not applicable. Competing interests: The author declares that there is no conflicts of interest in this study.

Comment on

  • International Alliance of Urolithiasis (IAU) consensus on miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy.
    Zeng GH, Zhong W, Mazzon G, Zhu W, Lahme S, Khadgi S, Desai J, Agrawal M, Schulsinger D, Gupta M, Montanari E, Martinez JML, Almousawi S, Malonzo VEF, Sriprasad S, Chai CA, Arumuham V, Ferretti S, Kamal W, Xu KW, Cheng F, Gao XF, Cheng JW, Somani B, Duvdevani M, Git KA, Seitz C, Bernardo N, Ibrahim TAA, Aquino A, Yasui T, Fiori C, Knoll T, Papatsoris A, Gadzhiev N, Zhanbyrbekuly U, Angerri O, Ramos HL, Saltirov I, Moussa M, Giusti G, Vicentini F, Suarez EB, Pearle M, Preminger GM, Wu QH, Durutovic O, Ghani K, Maroccolo M, Brehmer M, Osther PJ, Zawadzki M, Tursunkulov A, Kytaibekovich MN, Abuvohidov AA, Lara CAR, Noori Z, Zanetti SP, Shrestha S, de la Rosette J, Denstedt J, Ye ZQ, Sarica K, Choong S. Zeng GH, et al. Mil Med Res. 2024 Oct 28;11(1):70. doi: 10.1186/s40779-024-00562-3. Mil Med Res. 2024. PMID: 39465407 Free PMC article.

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