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Table 5 Modes of treatment for urolithiasis

From: Urolithiasis analysis in a multiethnic population at a tertiary hospital in Nairobi, Kenya

Modes of treatment for urolithiasis

Frequency of modality used, n (%)

(n = 67)

Ureteroscopy/cystoscopy and laser lithotripsy

52 (77.6)

Ureteroscopy/cystoscopy and Dormia basket extraction

5 (7.5)

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL)

6 (9)

Cystolithopaxy

1 (1.5)

Open nephrostomy

1 (1.5)

Spontaneous passage of calculi in urine

3 (3)

Patients in whom stenting was also done

26 (38.8)