Urolithiasis: Medical and surgical treatment

The urologist can afford to be supremely complacent in the treatment of patients with urinary calculi. He can … extract the offending calculus, proudly show the stone to his patient, charge a handsome fee, and rest assured that very few patients or physicians will ever challenge or question his participation… Is it not a wonder that every urology meeting is not opened with the invocation: "Hail to … urinary calculi – may their causes never be found?