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Published in final edited form as: J Urol. 2012 May 15;188(1):130–137. doi: 10.1016/j.juro.2012.02.2569

Table 1.

Stone Site (references)	Country	Followup	Stone Site	Lithotripsy or Lithotomy (device)	Quality Score⁶	No. Pts	Mean ± SD Age (range)	Stone Size Inclusion Criterion (cm)	Mean ± SD Stone (range)
Ureter:
Verze et al¹⁴	Italy	3 Mos	Distal	SWL-other (Modulith SLX), SR-URS (Swiss LithoClast® Master)	1	137, 136	50.5 (18–80), 49.4 (21–81)	0.5–1.5	Size 1.0 cm (0.5–1.5), 1.0 (0.6–1.5)
Zeng et al¹⁵	China	4 Wks	Distal	SWL-other (HB-SWL-V), SR-URS (ureteroscope, Richard Wolf, Knittlingen, Germany)	1	210, 180	51, 40		Size (0.5–2.1 cm), (0.6–2.0)
Pearle et al¹⁶	United States	3 Mos	Distal	SWL-HM3, SR-URS (Ho:YAG)	2	32, 32	41.2 ± 14.9, 25.7 ± 4.9	Less than 1.5	Size 0.7 ± 0.2 cm, 0.6 ± 0.3
Hendrikx et al¹⁷	Netherlands	3 Mos	Distal	SWL-other (Dornier HM4), SR-URS	1	69, 87		Less than 0.5	—
Peschel et al¹⁸	Austria	6 Wks	Distal	SWL-other (Dornier MFL 5000), SR-URS (LithoClast)	1	40, 40	47.8 (28–66) vs 40.1 (20–77), 49.1 (28–72) vs 40.6 (22–72) less vs greater than 0.5 cm stone		Size 0.4 (0.2–0.5) vs 0.9 cm (0.6–1.6), 0.4 (0.2–0.5) vs 0.9 (0.6–1.4) less vs greater than 0.5 cm stone
Salem¹⁹	Egypt	3 Mos	Proximal	SR-URS (Swiss LithoClast), SWL-HM3	2	100, 100	41.2 (36–50) vs 36.7(20–48), 42.8(37–60) vs 35.4 (37–55) less than 1 vs 1 cm or greater stone	0.5–2.0	Size 0.7 cm (0.6–0.9) vs 1.2 (0.2–2.0), 0.6 (0.5–0.9) vs 1.3 (1.1–2.0) less than 1 vs 1 cm or less
Basiri et al²⁰	Iran	3 Wks	Proximal	SR-URS, PNL	2	50, 50	39.0 ± 15.0, 48.0 ± 13.0	1.5 or Less	Size 1.8 ± 0.2 cm, 2.0 ± 0.3
Lee et al²¹	Taiwan		Proximal	SWL-other (Lithostar® 2), flexible URS (ureteroscope, Richard Wolf)	3	22, 20	54.2 ± 16.7, 48.5 ± 13.3	Greater than 1.5	Size 1.8 ± 0.4 cm, 1.8 ± 0.3
Francesca et al²²	Italy	7 Days	Proximal/prevesical	SWL-HM3, SWL-other (PiezoLith, Richard Wolf)	2	35, 35		2.0 or Less	Size 1.4 (0.8–2.0), 1.2 (0.8–1.7)
Kidney:
Yuruk et al²⁴	Turkey	19.3 Mos	Lower pole	PNL (Swiss LithoClast Master), SWL-other (Dornier Compact Sigma)	2	33, 33	44.1 ± 12.3 (24–77), 44.5 ± 9.4 (28–64)	Less than 2.0 (asymptomatic)	Burden 1.5 ± 0.4 cm², 1.4 ± 0.7
Pearle et al²⁵	United States + Canada	3 Mos	Lower pole	Multiple SWL, SR/flexible URS	3	39, 39	52.5 ± 12.3, 49.3 ± 14.2	1.0 or Less	Burden 0.4 ± 0.2 cm², 0.4 ± 0.2
Graber et al²⁶	Switzerland	3 Mos	Pelvis	SWL-HM3, SWL-other (Lithostar Plus)	2	87, 80	48.0 ± 16.2, 45.5 ± 15.8	Less than 1.0 (solitary calix), less than 2.0 (renal pelvis)	Vol 0.45 ± 0.34 cm², 0.48 ± 0.4
Multiple (Chan et al²³)	Canada	3 Mos	Ureter + kidney	SWL-HM3, SWL-other (MFL 5000)	1	108, 90	(20–87), (24–79)		—