A national survey found US hospitals expanded CAUTI prevention over 20 years, but use of key catheter-removal strategies remains variable.
|Articles|August 1, 2002
How to select optimal treatment for ureteral stones
Advances in ureteroscope design and instrumentation, along with the ready availability and technical simplicity of shock wave lithotripsy, have made the treatment of ureteral calculi simpler, more available, and more successful than ever. Indeed, the need for salvage open or laparoscopic treatment of ureteral calculi is exceptionally rare.
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