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Steinstrasse
Contributed by Ibraheem Mohammad AL-Boany
Steinstrasse [stīn′shtra-se] is the German word for "stone street" used to describe the collection of small fragmented calculi within the ureter, usually post extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) for urinary tract calculi.
The most common site of the column of stone fragments obstruction is the distal ureter, followed by…
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