British Journal of Medical & Surgical Urology
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 180-184 , September 2009

Radiological determination of stone density and skin-to-stone distance—Can it predict the success of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy?

  • Sanjeev Pathak

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 0114 271 1900.
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  • Victoria Lavin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • Ram Vijay

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • Shuvajit Basu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • Ferekh Salim

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • Michael Collins

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • Kenneth Hastie

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom
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  • James Hall

      Affiliations

    • Department of Urology, Royal Hallamshire Hospital, Glossop Road, Sheffield S10 2JF, United Kingdom

Received 21 March 2009 ,Revised 25 April 2009 ,Accepted 13 May 2009.

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☆ Presented at EAU Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, March 2008.

PII: S1875-9742(09)00088-3

doi: 10.1016/j.bjmsu.2009.05.001

British Journal of Medical & Surgical Urology
Volume 2, Issue 5 , Pages 180-184 , September 2009

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