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Suoshi Jing1, Qiongyan Gai1, Xin Zhao1
1Institute of Urology, Lanzhou University Second Hospital, Key Laboratory of Urological Diseases, Lanzhou University, Gansu Nephro-Urological Clinical Center, Lanzhou, 730030, Gansu, China.
Abstract:
With an increased risk of symptomatic events, the complications related to residual fragments are complex and intractable. The management of stone fragments is a challenge to urologists. This review focused on the progress, status, and needs of the newly developed physical therapies to remove fragments and improve the stone-free rate. Physical therapies, including mechanical percussion, diuresis, and inversion therapy, ultrasonic propulsion technology, glue-clot technology, and magnetization technology, will facilitate progress in endoscopic stone fragment retrieval.
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