Adem Altunkol, M.D. Yalcin Evliyaoglu, M.D. Department of Urology Numune Education and Research Hospital Ministry of Health Adana, Turkey
Reply by the Authors We appreciate the comments about the article and thank the authors for the contributions for our article. We aimed to discuss the possibilities for managing small-sized lower pole stones. The study yielded around 90% success rates for shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and flexible ureteroscopy (F-URS) and low auxiliary treatment rates for observation. The high stone-free rates were due to smaller sized stones, as mentioned in the article.1 We performed a similar study comparing the outcomes of SWL and FURS in small-sized lower pole stones and revealed a success rate similar to this study.2 Salem et al3 and Singh et al4 performed F-URS for lower pole stones and reported 96.7% and 85.7% stone-free rates, respectively. Stone-free rates around 65%-91.5% were reported for SWL in treating 10 mm), and narrow infundibulum (15 years of experience in pediatric urology in our center. We believe that concomitant AUV and PUV may remain overlooked in the initial workup, as it was the case in this study1 and similar reports in the literature.4-6 The authors reported that both cases were missed based on UROLOGY 85 (3), 2015
Reply by the Authors We appreciate the comments about the article and thank the authors for the contributions for our article. We aimed to discuss the possibilities for managing small-sized lower pole stones. The study yielded around 90% success rates for shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and flexible ureteroscopy (F-URS) and low auxiliary treatment rates for observation. The high stone-free rates were due to smaller sized stones, as mentioned in the article.1 We performed a similar study comparing the outcomes of SWL and FURS in small-sized lower pole stones and revealed a success rate similar to this study.2 Salem et al3 and Singh et al4 performed F-URS for lower pole stones and reported 96.7% and 85.7% stone-free rates, respectively. Stone-free rates around 65%-91.5% were reported for SWL in treating 10 mm), and narrow infundibulum (15 years of experience in pediatric urology in our center. We believe that concomitant AUV and PUV may remain overlooked in the initial workup, as it was the case in this study1 and similar reports in the literature.4-6 The authors reported that both cases were missed based on UROLOGY 85 (3), 2015
