HTA - 10/137/01
Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic retrieval, for ureteric stones.
Project title: Therapeutic Interventions for Stones of the Ureter (TISU): a multicentre randomised controlled trial of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy, as first treatment option, compared with direct progression to ureteroscopic retrieval, for ureteric stones.
Chief investigator: Professor Samuel McClinton
Contractor: University of Aberdeen
Co-investigators: Dr Lufti Kurban, Dr Ruth Thomas, Dr Sara Maclennan, Mr Charles Terry Clark, Mr Francis Keeley, Mr Ken Anson, Mr Neil Burgess, Mr Thomas Lam, Ms Kath Starr, Ms Mary Kilonzo, Professor Graeme MacLennan, Professor James N'Dow, Professor John Norrie, Professor Robert Pickard.
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