Ureteral Stones Clinical Guidelines Panel summary report on the management of ureteral calculi. The American Urological Association

The American Urological Association convened the Ureteral Stones Clinical Guidelines Panel to analyze the literature regarding available methods for treating ureteral calculi and to make practice policy recommendations based on the treatment outcomes data.

The panel searched the MEDLINE data base for all articles related to ureteral calculi published from 1966 to January 1996. Outcomes data were extracted from articles accepted after panel review. The data were then meta-analyzed to produce outcome estimates for alternative treatments of ureteral calculi.