...Elif Altınay Kırlı; Fethi Ahmet Türegün; Berin Selçuk; Mehmet Hamza Gültekin; Nejat Tansu; Ahmet Erözenci; Bülent Önal Introduction: The aim of the study was to evaluate the efficiency of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) in children who previously underwent ipsilateral open renal stone surgery (ORSS...

...Xiangjun Zhou; Xinbo Sun; Xuhua Chen; Xiaoxin Gong; Yong Yang; Congbo Chen; Qisheng Yao Background: Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) has been widely used to treat renal stones. The application of PCNL in obese patients results in the emergence of a number of challenges. This study compared...

... for renal stones between June 2012 and June 2014 were evaluated retrospectively. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on JJ stent placements. Group 1 did not receive JJ stents, while group 2 did. The recorded demographic data for each group included age, gender, stone size, location, sessions...

...Kehua Jiang; Kun Tang; Hua Xu; Hongbo Chen; Zhiqiang Chen Objective: To assess the safety and efficacy of retroperitoneoscopy technique-assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) used in the treatment of complexity horseshoe kidney (HSK) with renal stones. Methods: Between January 2012 and April...

...Haihu Wu; Jianwei Wang; Jiaju Lu; Yuqiu Wang; Zhihong Niu Aims: To identify subgroups of patients with renal stones ≥20 mm that are more suitable for extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) monotherapy. Methods: A total of 376 patients with renal stones ≥20 mm underwent monotherapy with ESWL...

... to the diagnosis. The main predisposing factors are renal stones/staghorn calculi, xanthogranulomatous pyelonephritis and renal tuberculosis. In the vast majority of the cases kidneys are poorly functioning or nonfunctioning. Surgical approach is the common management and usually consists of open nephrectomy. We...

... surgery, including less postoperative pain and morbidity, better cosmetic outcomes, and shorter hospital stays [ 8,9 ]. Renal stone disease is a common urological problem worldwide. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is one of the primary treatment modalities for kidney stones [ 10,11...

... responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy Renal stones Urolithiasis Ectopic kidneys Urologia Internationalis Original Paper Urol Int 2010;85:37 41 DOI...

.... Children Renal stones ESWL Renal function Renal morphology Original Paper Urol Int 1995;54:95-98 Kemal Saricaa Sadettin Kiipeia NeseSaricab Orhan Gogii; a SahirKilifa Sariba$b Departments of Urology, ibn-i Sina Hospital, University of Ankara Medical School, and Dr. Sami Ulus State Child Hospital...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Urine pH pH vibrations Renal stones Chemical composition Rhythms, circadian and ultradian Urol Int 1990;45:326-331 © 1990 S. Karger AG. Basel 0042-1138/90/04 56-0326S2.75/0 Urine pH Variation Dynamics in Healthy Individuals...

..., instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Calcium urolithiasis Renal stones Prevention of recurrence Conservative treatment Allopurinol Sodium cellulose phosphate Thiazide Potassium-sodium citrate Urol. im. 41: 387-392 (1986) Rational Prevention of Calcium...

...-formers and their first-degree relatives contained calcium oxalate crystals in greater number and of larger size than that of the spouses or the controls. It was concluded that the predisposition to renal stone disease was far greater in those who shared the genetic pattern of stone-formers than those who...

...Sverker Ljunghall; Göran Åkerström Urate metabolism was studied in 40 patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (HPT), 20 of them had a history of renal stones. Preoperatively they had, compared to controls, a reduction of the clearance of urate and a rise of the serum urate concentrations...

... or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Renal stones Hydrogen ion Urinary acidification Urol. int. 34: 363...

...Sverker Ljunghall; Hans Hedstrand Epidemiological studies indicate that renal stone disease is a rapidly increasing problem, already affecting around 10% of the entire adult male population. It has been suggested that environmental factors are responsible for this development, among them...

... advertised or of their effectiveness, quality or safety. The publisher and the editor(s) disclaim responsibility for any injury to persons or property resulting from any ideas, methods, instructions or products referred to in the content or advertisements. Oxalate renal stones Phosphate renal stones...

...M.H. Ather; B. Shrestha; A. Mehmood Objective: To analyze factors affecting steinstrasse (SS) and study the impact of pre-shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) stenting in the prevention of SS and related complications. Patients and Methods: The cohort included 4,644 patients with renal stones treated...

... to in the content or advertisements. Renal stones Lithotripsy Renal function Calcium Urologia Internationalis Original Paper Urol Int 2008;81:206 209 DOI: 10.1159/000144062 Received: December 8, 2006 Accepted after revision: July 27, 2007 Age-Related Changes of Urine Calcium Excretion after...

..., GKT School of Medicine, London, UK Key Words Cystinuria Renal stones Haematuria Cystine calculi Abstract Objective: A critical appraisal of the management of patients with cystine stones treated in our unit in the past 6 years and to analyze the outcome of multimodality therapies. Study Design...

...G. Caramia; L. Di Gregorio; M.L. Tarantino; A. Galuffo; R. Iacolino; M. Caramia Medical treatment for the most commonly encountered types of renal stones is described. Nowadays treatment for uric acid stones is well-defined: alkalinizing urine is easy with drugs that are sufficiently active...