Abstract:EDITORIAL IN THIS ISSUEAround the 1980's the external shockwave lithotripsy (ESWL) promoted a revolution in the millenary open surgical approach of urinary stones. After the ESWL, the Endourology procedures and its devices progressed a lot, but several controversies persist in this area, as: What is the best approach during the flexible ureteroscopic lithotripsy, to promote stone fragmentation or dusting? These two visions were put under debate in the Difference of Opinion Section (page 798), respectively by t… Show more
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