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Pharmacological Prevention of Renal Calcium Stones After Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy

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Since the advent of extracorporeal shock-wave lithotripsy (ESWL), some clinicians have questioned the medical approach in the management of nephrolithiasis (1, 2). New machines require little or no anesthesia so treatment has become faster and safer. In order to re-evaluate the role of medical treatment in the prevention of renal calcium stones, we surveyed the long-term results of pharmacological treatment in our stone clinic.

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  1. Istituto di Urologia, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

    A. Trinchieri, A. Mandressi, P. Luongo, E. Micheli, D. Tiranti & E. Pisani

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  1. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Valerie R. Walker , Roger A. L. Sutton  & E. C. Bert Cameron ,  & 

  2. Southwestern Medical Center, University of Texas, Dallas, Texas, USA

    Charles Y. C. Pak

  3. King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    William G. Robertson

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Trinchieri, A., Mandressi, A., Luongo, P., Micheli, E., Tiranti, D., Pisani, E. (1989). Pharmacological Prevention of Renal Calcium Stones After Extracorporeal Shock-Wave Lithotripsy. In: Walker, V.R., Sutton, R.A.L., Cameron, E.C.B., Pak, C.Y.C., Robertson, W.G. (eds) Urolithiasis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-0873-5_256

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