ESWL vs PCNL
Treatment success rate · people (>14 years) with kidney stones
ESWL may leads to lower treatment success rate at 3 months MCID: 5% absolute difference compared with PCNL (low certainty).
1 finding from 1 review
- Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) versus percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) or retrograde intrarenal… 2023 · Cochrane Headline outcomes onlyRR 0.67 [0.57, 0.79]12 studies · 1303 participantsLow