Plain x-ray misses many ureteric calculi: Time to challenge the old dogma?

BJUI Compass. 2022 Sep 26;4(1):59-61. doi: 10.1002/bco2.192. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Stephen McGeorge^{1

2}, Brendon Loh³, Ryan Shibu³, Karen Dobeli⁴, Nathan J Brown^{2

3}, Rachel Esler^{1

2}, Craig Hacking^{2

4}, Megan Purvey³, Matthew J Roberts^{1

2

5}

¹ Department of Urology Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia.
² Faculty of Medicine University of Queensland Brisbane Queensland Australia.
³ Emergency and Trauma Centre Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia.
⁴ Department of Medical Imaging Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Brisbane Queensland Australia.
⁵ Faculty of Medicine University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research Brisbane Queensland Australia.

No abstract available

Keywords: CTKUB; calculi; emergency department; length of stay; ureteric; urolithiasis; x‐ray.