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Stone disease has been a part of medical practice since the birth of medicine, mentioned by Hippocrates in the Hippocratic Oath. For hundreds of years, open surgery was the treatment for stones from the kidney to the bladder. Innovation has changed the field dramatically—since the late 1970s, the advent of shock wave lithotripsy, ureteroscopy, and percutaneous nephrolithotomy has completely altered the treatment of nephrolithiasis. This would not have been possible without the creativity and foresight of innovators in treatment of kidney stones. We identified key innovators whose work forever changed the treatment of kidney stones and asked for their thoughts and opinions on innovation in stone disease in a Web-based survey.
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Eisner, B.H., Dretler, S.P. (2012). Innovation in Stone Disease. In: Talati, J., Tiselius, HG., Albala, D., YE, Z. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4387-1_43
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