...Mehmet Resit Goren; Vinil Goren; Cevahir Ozer Background/Aims/Objectives: To evaluate the outcomes and ionizing radiation (IR) exposure of children with cystine stones (CS) using different shockwave lithotripsy (SWL) guidance modalities. Methods: Data from pediatric patients with renal stones...

...A.I. Cranidis; A.A. Karayannis; D.S. Delakas; C.E. Livadas; P.E. Anezinis Cystinuria is a rare cause of renal calculi, whose management presents a complex problem mainly due to the hardness and high recurrence rate of cystine stones. During the period 1987–1991, 28 established cases of cystine...

...B. Lux; P. May Long-term results of ascorbic acid monotherapy in four young patients with cystine stone complaints are reported. The therapeutic program is based on the descriptions by Asper and Schmucki , who publicized the method for the first time in 1979. Clinical course observations, renal...

...R.D. Brierly; A.H. Mostafid; M.S. Fletcher We report the case of a woman who presented with obstruction and urosepsis of her left kidney secondary to small cystine calculi. The calculi could not be seen on initial plain abdominal X-ray. However, following percutaneous nephrostogram the calculi...