..., CT is costly and exposes patients to more radiation than a standard X-ray; therefore, CT is not yet a primary radiological imaging modality for renal stones in China. A KUB is often required preoperatively to plan lithotripsy treatment, and the hardness of the stones can be roughly estimated from...

...Yanbo Wang; Fengming Jiang; Yuchuan Hou; Yan Wang; Qihui Chen; Haifeng Zhang; Ning Xu; Zhihua Lu; Jinghai Hu; Xiaoqing Wang; Ji Lu; Yuanyuan Hao; Chunxi Wang Objectives: To assess the safety and efficacy of combining Doppler ultrasound with X-ray-guided percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) with one...