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Changes in renal function in patients with chronic kidney disease after ureteroscopy: a systematic review and meta-analysis from EAU endourology.

Paper A Peer reviewed Meta-analysis or large trial

Key takeaways

This review combined data from many studies to see if kidney stone surgery hurts kidney function. It focused on people who already had chronic kidney disease. The analysis suggests that the surgery is generally safe for kidney filtering rates.

Who did this work

Talyshinskii A · Frascheri MF · Tzelves L · Skolarikos A · Geraghty R · Davis NF · Somani BK

Source

Paper · PubMed, CKD progression · 2026 Sep 28
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42803944/