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Library›Open textbooks›Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs

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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs

Oliver Wiseman, Daron Smith, Kath Starr, Lorna Aucott, Rodolfo Hernández, Ruth Thomas, Steven MacLennan, Charles Terry Clark, Graeme MacLennan, Dawn McRae, Victoria Bell, Seonaidh Cotton, Zara Gall, Ben Turney, Samuel McClinton · 8 sections in 8 chapters. Each section is its own page.

Introduction

  • Introduction

Trial design and methods

  • Trial design and methods

RCT1: flexible ureterorenoscopy versus extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: baseline, trial results and clinical effectiveness

  • RCT1: flexible ureterorenoscopy versus extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: baseline, trial results and clinical effectiveness

RCT2: flexible ureterorenoscopy versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy – baseline, trial results and clinical effectiveness

  • RCT2: flexible ureterorenoscopy versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy – baseline, trial results and clinical effectiveness

Economic evaluation

  • Economic evaluation

Discussion

  • Discussion

References

  • References

Additional information

  • Additional information

Attribution. Oliver Wiseman; Daron Smith; Kath Starr; Lorna Aucott; Rodolfo Hernández; Ruth Thomas et al. (2025). Clinical and cost-effectiveness of percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible ureterorenoscopy and extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole stones: the PUrE RCTs. National Institute for Health and Care Research. Copyright © 2025 Wiseman et al. Licensed under CC BY 4.0. NCBI Bookshelf NBK617209. CC BY 4.0. Original source ↗. Text reproduced from the Bookshelf XML without changing wording; figures, images and supplements are not reproduced.

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National Institute for Health and Care Research
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CC BY 4.0
Sections
8
Year
2025
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41,981
Retrieved
2026-11-04

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