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Comment
. 2025 May 6;12(1):20.
doi: 10.1186/s40779-025-00606-2.

Mini PCNL has gained more recognition in stone treatment guidelines

Ben H Chew  1
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Mini PCNL has gained more recognition in stone treatment guidelines

Ben H Chew. Mil Med Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mPCNL); Minimally invasive percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini PCNL); Nephrolithiasis; Stone.

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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 are 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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