Metallic ureteral stents provide effective upper tract drainage for the majority of patients with benign upper tract obstruction, with significant cost benefit, largely because of the shorter exchange interval.
A significant minority of bilateral stone formers form a different type of stone in each kidney. Local or micro-environmental etiologies may explain this phenomenon and may also account for failure of preventive therapy in some patients.
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