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Objectives In the presence of stones within the evaluation are mainlyurinary tract, also evaluate:<refname=Smith2015>{{cite web|url=https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/381993-overview|title=Urinary Calculi Imaging|author=J Kevin Smith, Mark E Lockhart, Nicole W Berland and Philip J Kenney|website=Medscape|date=2015-10-27}}</ref>*Presence of stones within the urinary tract
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==Evaluation==
*Complications such as hydronephrosis (''See: [[Hydronephrosis]]'')
*Measure the size of stones. Proper sizing of a stone is important at around 5 mm and above, since smaller stones generally pass spontaneously.<ref group="notes">Ureteric stones less than 5 mm in diameter pass spontaneously in up to 98% of cases, while those measuring 5 to 10 in diameter pass spontaneously in less than 53% of cases.<br> - {{cite journal|last=Gettman|first=MT|last2=Segura|first2=JW|title=Management of ureteric stones: Issues and controversies|journal=British Journal of Urology International|volume=95|issue=Supplement 2|pages=85–93|year=2005|pmid=15720341|doi=10.1111/j.1464-410X.2005.05206.x}}</ref> Sizing of larger stones is also important in order to decide which treatment to choose.<ref group="notes">Small proximal ureteral calculi of less than 10 mm are best treated with shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy, while those larger than 10 mm are best treated with flexible ureteroscopy combined with holmium laser lithotripsy.
