{"title":"Recent technological developments in the management of urinary tract stones","authors":"S. Choong","doi":"10.1002/TRE.17","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"In the 1980s, the advent of non-invasive techniques, such as lithotripsy, ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, revolutionised the treatment of urinary tract stones. Since then, technological advances have been at the forefront of improvements in stone management.","PeriodicalId":178319,"journal":{"name":"Trends in Urology, Gynaecology & Sexual Health","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2007-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Trends in Urology, Gynaecology & Sexual Health","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1002/TRE.17","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In the 1980s, the advent of non-invasive techniques, such as lithotripsy, ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, revolutionised the treatment of urinary tract stones. Since then, technological advances have been at the forefront of improvements in stone management.