...Faris Abushamma; Hiroki Ito; Omar Aboumarzouk; Anthony Timoney; Neil Collin; Francis X. Keeley Introduction: Calyceal diverticula (CD) are traditionally diagnosed by contrast studies. However, non-contrast CT is the standard imaging modality for kidney stones. Therefore, we aimed to determine...

... relied on retrospective single institutional data from 92 kidney stone patients treated with Mini-PCNL. Residual stones after treatment were evaluated by post-Mini-PCNL CT scans. Stone-free status was defined as clinically insignificant residual stones ≤3 mm after surgery. Multivariable logistic...

...Rabea A. Gadelkareem; Ahmed A. Shahat; Mohamed F. Abdelhafez; Ahmed M. Moeen; Abdelrady S. Ibrahim; Ahmed S. Safwat Objectives: The study aimed to present our center’s experience with long-standing urethral stones in male children with normal urethra. Materials and Methods: Retrospective search...

... of low dose (LD) and ultra-low dose (ULD) CT of the urinary tract for detection of urinary tract stones in patients with renal colic. Methods: A Cochrane style systematic review of the literature from 1995 to 2017 was carried out. Literature search and data extraction were conducted by 2 reviewers...

...Qilai Long; Jianming Guo; Zhibing Xu; Yuanfeng Yang; Hang Wang; Yanjun Zhu; Yongkang Zhang; Guomin Wang Objectives: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of mini- percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in the treatment of large impacted proximal ureteral stones. Methods: We retrospectively reviewed...

...K.A. Laing; T.B.L. Lam; S. McClinton; N.P. Cohen; O. Traxer; B.K. Somani Introduction: Our aim was to evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of ureteroscopy as a primary treatment for pregnant women with symptomatic ureteric stones who have failed conservative management. Materials and Methods...

... and October 2010. 80 patients divided into two equally matched groups were included in a prospective randomized trial including patients with a ureteric stone size of 0.5–2 cm. A holmium laser with a 550-µm fiber was employed in the laser lithotripsy (LL) group. The Swiss Lithoclast was used in the pneumatic...

... of hospitalisation/convalescence, operation time, major/minor complications and stone-free rates. Results: Twenty-four studies were included (11 randomised control trials and 13 retrospective or prospective studies). Levels of pain recorded, analgesic requirements, duration of inpatient stay and convalescence time...

...O. Schmucki; R. Asper The bases of a real metaphylaxis in the renal stone diseases are the analysis of stones and the research of metabolism in blood plasma and urine. The greatest part of the stones analyzed may be classified in four groups: oxalate, phosphate, uric acid and cystine...

...M. Gacci; T. Cai; F. Travaglini; M. Rizzo; R. Bartoletti; M. Carini A giant stone in enterocystoplasty is a very rare condition; only 5 cases have been reported in the literature. A 50-year-old female with an enterocystoplasty due to congenital myelomeningocele presented at our institution...

...Marco De Sio; Riccardo Autorino; Rocco Damiano; Andrea Oliva; Umberto Pane; Massimo D’Armiento Objective: Distal ureteral stones are routinely managed with semirigid ureteroscopy without the need for ureteral dilatation, but some conditions, e.g. large stone burden or difficult catheterization...

...Rosalia Viterbo; Jack H. Mydlo Objective: The incidence of renal stones in patients on dialysis, while lower in number compared to the general population because of decreased renal function, is nonetheless a clinical dilemma. We wanted to evaluate the incidence and management of stone disease...

...Jack H. Mydlo; Scott Streater There have been many reports describing the complications of retained ureteral stents following stone treatment. We wanted to evaluate the practicality of definitive treatment of poorly compliant patients who present with ureteral stones using a straight stent...