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Changes in stone management — suspending belief for evidence

Nature Reviews Urology volume 13, pages 71–72 (2016)Cite this article

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In 2015, population-based studies in patients with urinary stones informed us of the changing trends in contemporary stone management and identified areas for improvement. Although meta-analyses aim to provide the highest level of evidence, a randomized controlled trial of medical expulsive therapy challenged current paradigms and was the defining publication of the year.

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  1. Khurshid R. Ghani is at the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Department of Urology, University of Michigan, NCRC Building 16, 1st Floor, Room 114W, 2800 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109–2900, USA.,

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  2. Sapan N. Ambani is at the Department of Urology, University of Michigan, 3875 Taubman Center, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.,

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Ambani, S., Ghani, K. Changes in stone management — suspending belief for evidence. Nat Rev Urol 13, 71–72 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrurol.2015.290

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