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Nature Reviews Urology 3, 64 (1 February 2006) | doi:10.1038/ncpuro0387

Stone-to-skin distance predicts success of shock-wave lithotripsy for kidney stones

Rebecca Doherty

Pareek G et al. (2005) Shock wave lithotripsy success determined by skin-to-stone distance on computed tomography. Urology 66: 941–944 A simple and easily reproducible predictor of the success of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL) in the treatment of urinary stone disease is needed, to determine which patients might be better treated by other methods.