Abstract
Clinical results in urinary stones management are often reported using the stone-free (SF) rate, which is simple, reproducible and useful to compare techniques or centers. But this index does not take into account costs or patients’ quality of life. In a way, SF “pursuit”, which cannot be considered as a universal therapeutic goal could increase costs and decrease patients’ comfort. We retrospectively reviewed files of stone management to describe costs according to several items and we emphasize the need for a true efficiency index.
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Raynal, G., Petit, J. & Saint, F. Which efficiency index for urinary stones treatment?. Urol Res 37, 237–239 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00240-009-0200-x
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