Posted by: urologysurgery on: December 22, 2008
For centuries, “cutting for stone” was synonymous with urology, and just over a decade ago it still made up at least one-fourth of the surgical activity in the field. The development of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) and endoscopic stone surgery shattered this tradition, and the change becomes most obvious in the indications for ureterolithotomy. Once [...]