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Nature Reviews Urology 2, 315 (1 July 2005) | doi:10.1038/ncpuro0224

Emergency extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy for symptomatic ureteral stones

Tombal B et al. (2005) Prospective randomized evaluation of emergency extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) on the short-time outcome of symptomatic ureteral stones. Eur Urol 47: 855–859 Results from the first randomized controlled trial assessing the efficacy of emergency extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (eESWL) suggest that this therapy might be a viable treatment option for the short-term outcome of symptomatic ureteral stones.