Brian R Matlaga,James E Lingeman
Brian R Matlaga
In recent years, the surgical treatment of kidney stone disease has undergone tremendous advances, many of which were possible only as a result of improvements in surgical technology. Rigid intracorporeal lithotrites, the mainstay of percut...
Michael N Ferrandino,Manoj Monga,Glenn M Preminger
Michael N Ferrandino
The aim of this article was to review the most widely researched adjuvant medical therapies for the surgical management of urolithiasis. Articles were identified and reviewed from PubMed and Medline databases with MeSH headings focusing on ...
Radiology of urolithiasis: implications of radiation exposure and new imaging modalities [0.03%]
尿石症的影像学：辐射暴露及新影像方法的影响
Ronald J Zagoria,Robert L Dixon
Ronald J Zagoria
Computed tomography (CT) scanning is now the standard imaging technique for detecting and characterizing urolithiasis. However, the potential effects of the radiation exposure from CT examinations have raised concern among some physicians. ...
Mrinal Dhar,John D Denstedt
Mrinal Dhar
Imaging has an essential role in the diagnosis, management, and follow-up of patients with stone disease. A variety of imaging modalities are available to the practicing urologist, including conventional radiography (KUB), intravenous urogr...
Pharmacology of stone disease [0.03%]
结石病的药理学
Khashayar Sakhaee
Khashayar Sakhaee
Kidney stone disease remains a major health and economic burden on the nation. It has been increasingly recognized that nephrolithiasis can be both a chronic or systemic illness. There have been major limitations in the development of new d...
David S Goldfarb
David S Goldfarb
The goal of this article is to propose a randomized controlled trial (RCT) that tests a hypothesis that dietary manipulation prevents recurrent kidney stones. Dietary interventions based on epidemiologic and pathophysiologic data are review...
Obesity and urolithiasis [0.03%]
肥胖与尿路结石
John R Asplin
John R Asplin
The current obesity epidemic in the United States has deleterious effects on the health of the population. Temporally related to the increase in obesity is an increase in the prevalence of urolithiasis. Epidemiologic studies have shown that...
Yair Lotan
Yair Lotan
Nephrolithiasis is associated with a high cost to society because of the high prevalence of disease and high recurrence rates. The total annual medical expenditures for urolithiasis in the United States were estimated at $2.1 billion in 200...
David S Goldfarb,Michael J Choi
David S Goldfarb
Ziyad Al-Aly
Ziyad Al-Aly
Arterial calcification is very common in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and other chronic inflammatory disorders such as diabetes mellitus. Arterial calcification is associated with significant morbidity and increased early mort...