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01.08.2009 | Letter to the Editor
Which efficiency index for urinary stones treatment?
Erschienen in: Urolithiasis | Ausgabe 4/2009
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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.