Stone volume instead of maximum stone diameter: results from an international survey
Urologists agree that SV provides a better estimation for stone burden than MSD. However, intuitive SV estimation based on stone diameters seems insufficient, hence readily accessible SV estimation tools are warranted for using SV in routine practice.
Authors
- Daron Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8314-4795)
- Frédéric Panthier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3055-2984)
- Hugh Crawford‐Smith
- Etienne Xavier Keller
- Eugenio Ventimiglia (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3654-1629)
- Sian Allen
- Vineet Gauhar
- Elena Álvarez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2352-3109)
- Olivier Traxer
- Saeed Bin Hamri
Institutions
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
- Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública (BR)
- King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (SA)
- ParisTech (FR)
- Arts et Métiers (FR)
- University of Zurich (CH)
- European Association of Urology (NL)
- Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (SG)
- Sorbonne Université (FR)
- King Abdullah International Medical Research Center (SA)
- University Hospital of Zurich (CH)
- IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele (IT)
- Endourological Society (NL)
- Hôpital Tenon (FR)
- National Guard Health Affairs (SA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British Journal of Urology
- Published
- 2025-02-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/bju.16693
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Kidney Stones and Urolithiasis Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.63
Funders
- European Association of Urology
- Association Française d'Urologie