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Recorded data for statistical analysis included type of study and intervention, pre- and postoperative imaging modality and timing, stone burden assessment method and measurement, stone free and treatment success definition or their differentiation. A new 7-point checklist (iSTAR\u2014Imaging for Stone Treatment Assessment Reporting) was developed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A total of 122 studies were included. Several papers did not report on pre- or postoperative imaging modality (13.9% and 5.7%), nor provided a definition of stone burden measurement or treatment success (43% and 18%). Stone burden was most often assessed with Non-Contrast Computed Tomography (54.9%) and reported as stone diameter (75.4%). Definitions of treatment success varied widely across literature, ranging from 0\u00a0mm to allowing 4\u00a0mm residual fragments. Preoperative imaging timing lacked in 95.9% of studies, while postoperative timing distribution was heterogeneously present. iSTAR scores resulted in 0\/7 (0.8%), 1\/7 (0.8%), 2\/7 (1.6%), 3\/7 (7.4%), 4\/7 (16.4%), 5\/7 (32%), 6\/7 (38.5%) and 7\/7 (10.7%), independently from study design.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This research unveils a lack of standardization in reporting of perioperative urolithiasis imaging. iSTAR checklist may help authors to improve data reporting and provide journals and reviewers with a framework to assess imaging methodology quality in submitted manuscripts.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00345-026-06433-x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,11]],"date-time":"2026-06-11T04:59:00Z","timestamp":1781153940000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Methodology of peri-operative imaging data reporting for stone disease: a systematic review toward the development of a novel checklist\u2014iSTAR"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"44","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0007-3236-1707","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eugenia","family":"Vercelli","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Mauro","family":"Van den Ende","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Frederick","family":"Hellemans","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Filip","family":"Poelaert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kim","family":"Pauwaert","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eva","family":"Van Bos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Matthias","family":"Boeykens","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pieter","family":"De Visschere","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Khurshid","family":"Ghani","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Casey","family":"Dauw","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Panagiotis","family":"Kallidonis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Thomas","family":"Tailly","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,11]]},"reference":[{"issue":"4","key":"6433_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1153","DOI":"10.1016\/j.juro.2016.05.090","volume":"196","author":"D Assimos","year":"2016","unstructured":"Assimos D, Krambeck A, Miller NL, Monga M, Murad MH, Nelson CP et al (2016) Surgical management of stones: American urological association\/endourological society guideline, PART I. 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