Second-look nephroscopy following percutaneous nephrolithotomy(PNL) could be supplanted by metabolic evaluation and aggressive medicaltherapy, advise researchers from the Duke University Medical Center. Second-looknephroscopy is currently the gold standard for assessing and achieving stone-freestatus, but the Duke researchers sought to determine whether this additionalprocedure was necessary.
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