Steel Workers at Risk for Kidney Stones
Thursday, 23 June 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Men who work in the steel industry and are exposed to high temperatures are prone to develop kidney or urinary stones, according to a report from researchers in Brazil.
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Home Treatment of Distal Ureteral Stones Possible with Drug Therapy
Wednesday, 22 June 2005
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Instead of immediately performing cystoscopy or lithotripsy, new research suggests that patients with distal ureteral stones should be given a trial of medical expulsive therapy (MET).
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Study Examines Role of Magnesium Supplementation in the Treatment of Calcium Oxalate Stones
Thursday, 12 May 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Calcium oxalate is one of the main constituents of urinary calculi. This fact explains the great interest in factors influencing the formation of this insoluble compound.
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Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Calyceal Diverticular calculi: A Novel Single Stage Approach
Tuesday, 03 May 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Not much is ever new under the endourological percutaneous sun, so it is with much interest that I read this article.
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Ureteroscopic Management of Renal Calculi in Anomalous Kidneys
Tuesday, 26 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - This is the first report of the retrograde management of
patients with renal stones in ectopic kidneys.
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Urologic Diseases in America Project: Urolithiasis
Monday, 25 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - This comprehensive report quantifies and identifies trends in
the use of healthcare resources for renal stone disease over the last
decade of the 20th century.
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Time to Development of Symptomatic Urinary Calculi in a High Risk
Friday, 15 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - This unique study confirms the clinical observation that stone
development and presentation occurs three months following periods of beginning
exposure to hot, arid climatic environments.
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Retroperitoneoscopic Pyelolithotomy Is a Safe and Effective Treatment for the Management of Renal Calculi
Thursday, 07 April 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Minimally invasive treatments for urinary calculi are now the standard.
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Military Report on Time to Development of Symptomatic Urinary Calculi in a High Risk Environment
Tuesday, 22 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The phenomenon of the "stone season" and the link between increased environmental temperatures and increased rates of stone disease is well documented.
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Treatment of Complete Staghorn Stones: A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Open Surgery versus Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
Tuesday, 01 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Prospective randomized studies with regard to stone disease are all too rare.
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Treatment of Complete Staghorn Stones: A Prospective Randomized Comparison of Open Surgery versus Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)
Tuesday, 01 March 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Prospective randomized studies with regard to stone disease are all too rare.
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Obesity and Weight Gain Increase the Risk of Symptomatic Kidney Stones
Thursday, 17 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Dr. Eric Taylor and colleagues performed a prospective study to determine the relationship between weight, weight gain, body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference and the incidence of symptomatic renal calculi formation.
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Percutaneous Access to Upper Pole Renal Stones: Role of Prone 3-Dimensional Computerized Tomography in Inspiratory and Expiratory Phases
Thursday, 10 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - One of the most challenging, and potentially most complicated, percutaneous approaches to the upper collecting system is through the upper pole calyx.
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Group Describes Clinical Adaptation of a New Modality for Stone Dissolution: 'Electrolitholysis'
Monday, 07 February 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - An electrochemical method, based on anodic oxidation and/or proteolysis, has been developed with the aim of extending it to the dissolution of urinary stones.
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Study Shows that Stone Formation is Proportional to Papillary Surface Coverage by Randall?s Plaques
Thursday, 20 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - It has been postulated that calcium oxalate (CaOx) renal stones form on the papillary plaques first described by Randall.
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