Upper urinary tract stone disease: the changing management in a district general hospital
Goble, N.M.; Hammonds, J.C.; Wells, I.P.
Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England 69(1): 27-30
1987
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-8843 PMID: 3566114 Document Number: 290577
The advent of percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCN) and ureteroscopy, in combination with stone disruption techniques, has dramatically altered the management of upper urinary tract stone disease. These advances are not necessarily confined to the teaching centres. The problems encountered introducing these techniques in a District General Hospital and their impact on the surgical management of upper urinary tract stones is presented.