Editorial Comment: The effect of shock wave lithotripsy and retrograde intrarenal surgery on health-related quality of life in 10-20 mm renal stones: a prospective randomized pilot study
Abstract:Patients with urolithiasis have significantly lower health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and the modality of treatment may also have impact on HRQoL (1). AUA and EAU Guidelines for stone disease consider stone free rate and complication rate in the recommendation for surgical management of urinary stones (2, 3). However, there are some clinical situations which the treatment modality has similar stone free rate and complication rate. Patient related outcomes such as HRQoL are rarely studied in randomized cli… Show more
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