urology

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In Follow-up (Recruitment ended):

PUrE: The clinical and cost effectiveness of surgical interventions for stones in the lower pole of the kidney: the Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, flexible Ureterorenoscopy and Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy for lower pole kidney stones randomised clinical trial (RCT)
Principal Investigator: Mr Bohdan Parys
Sponsor: NHS Grampian / University of Aberdeen
PUrE is a research study collecting information on the different ways of treating lower pole kidney stones.
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Image credit: Kidney stone crystals. Annie Cavanagh. Attribution-Non Commercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). ​https://wellcomecollection.org/works/xauququf