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01-11-2016 | Editorial

Stone free rates (SFRs) after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL); are we comparing apples with watermelons?

Authors: Theodoros Tokas, Udo Nagele

Published in: World Journal of Urology | Issue 11/2016

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Title: Stone free rates (SFRs) after retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL); are we comparing apples with watermelons?
Authors: Theodoros Tokas
Udo Nagele
Publication date: 01-11-2016
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: World Journal of Urology / Issue 11/2016
Print ISSN: 0724-4983
Electronic ISSN: 1433-8726
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00345-016-1812-8

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