Abstract
We thank Luca Villa and colleagues for their interest in our Article on the SUSPEND trial. They raise concerns with respect to confounding by the possible presence of a dilated urinary collecting system above the stone, and the appropriateness of our primary outcome measure. Dilatation of the collecting system is widespread in patients presenting with a ureteric stone. In the few patients who also have uncontrolled pain, sepsis, or impaired renal function, urgent intervention is indicated and this factor was an exclusion criterion for our study
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1823 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | The Lancet |
Volume | 386 |
Issue number | 10006 |
Early online date | 6 Nov 2015 |
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Publication status | Published - 13 Nov 2015 |