From: Comparison of ultrasound-assisted and pure fluoroscopy-guided extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for renal stones
US (n = 111)
FS (n = 73)
p value
Stone free rate (%)
36 (32.4)
13/ (17.8)
0.028
Disintegrate rate (%)
99 (89.2)
40 (54.8)
 < 0.001
Retreatment rate (%)
24 (21.6)
39 (53.4)
Complication rate (%)
3 (2.7)
3 (4.1)
0.599