Table 2.
Rates of HON-accredited websites among the search terms.
| Search term | Total websites | HON+ | HON− | %HON+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renal colic | 652600 | 72 | 528 | 12.0 |
| Kidney stone | 4977000 | 61 | 539 | 10.2 |
| Ureteric stone | 318580 | 62 | 538 | 10.3 |
| Bladder stone | 9518730 | 45 | 555 | 7.5 |
| Staghorn calculus | 65820 | 41 | 559 | 6.8 |
| Ureteral stent | 670497 | 42 | 558 | 7.0 |
| Lasertripsy | 19127 | 34 | 566 | 5.7 |
| Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy | 327270 | 60 | 540 | 10.0 |
| Percutaneous nephrolithotomy | 191010 | 45 | 555 | 7.5 |
| Retrograde intrarenal surgery | 142220 | 45 | 555 | 7.5 |
| Litholapaxy | 83850 | 15 | 585 | 2.5 |
| Medical expulsive therapy | 585436 | 33∗ | 553∗ | 5.6 |
| Calcium calculus | 1414373 | 51 | 549 | 8.5 |
| Uric acid calculus | 354410 | 52 | 548 | 8.7 |
| Cystine calculus | 145308 | 54 | 546 | 9.0 |
Note: HON+, HON-accredited; HON−, non-HON-accredited; %HON+, percentage of HON-accredited websites out of a total of 600 websites (150 per search term × 4 languages).
∗Only 136 websites found for the German search term, thus totalling 586 websites for four languages instead of 600.