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UroToday's Stone Disease section is a repository of the clinical publications, clinical trials and investigative science pertaining to the diagnosis and treatment of stone disease. Also available are conference coverage for all timely stone disease science, audio podcasts and downloadable slides from UroToday's slide library.

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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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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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The Mayo Clinic Experience with Urinary Matrix Calculi
Tuesday, 18 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - Urinary matrix calculi are uncommon. In fact, in 23 years the Mayo clinic identified just 5 cases in their records.
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Elucidation of Factors Determining Formation of Calcium Phosphate Stones
Friday, 14 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - In patients with brushite (hydroxyapatite) stone (i.e. > 30% of stone composition), the metabolic evaluation correlated with increased calcium levels as well as with increased phosphorous, decreased citrate and a pH median of 6.4.
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Cost-effectiveness of Medical Management Strategies for Nephrolithiasis
Friday, 14 January 2005
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday Inc.) - The metabolic stone evaluation of yore has been burned at the stake of science and reason! In their in depth analysis, these authors provide important observations that will greatly simplify the care of patients with calcium urolithiasis.
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Focus on Stone Disease

Focus on Stone Disease condenses a selection of compelling and relevant science - on topic and chosen by the UroToday.com editorial staff.

Multimedia Presentations:

- Stones Management Course

Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy (ESWL) Versus Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in the Eradication of Persistent Bacteriuria Associated with Infected Stones

- UroToday International Journal

Open Surgery in the Management of Multiple and Staghorn Kidney Stones: Its Role in the Era of Minimally Invasive Techniques

- UroToday International Journal

'Crushing the Stone’: A Brief History of Lithotripsy, the First Minimally Invasive Surgery

- BJUI Mini Reviews

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Lidocaine Jelly for Prevention of Inadvertent Retrograde Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy of Ureteral Stone

- Beyond the Abstract

‘Cutting for the Stone’: The Ancient Art of Lithotomy - BJUI Mini Reviews

- BJUI Mini Reviews

Tamsulosin Facilitates Earlier Clearance of Stone Fragments and Reduces Pain After Shockwave Lithotripsy for Renal Calculi: Results from an Open-Label Randomized Study

- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD

Pediatric Ureteroscopic Management of Intrarenal Calculi

- Editorial by Elspeth M. McDougall, MD

Pediatric Ureteroscopic Management of Intrarenal Calculi

- Read Another Viewpoint of the Article by Pasquale Casale, MD

Stone Attenuation and Skin-to-Stone Distance on Computed Tomography Predicts for Stone Fragmentation by Shock Wave Lithotripsy

- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD

A Randomized Clinical Trial of Lidocaine Jelly for Prevention of Inadvertent Retrograde Stone Migration During Pneumatic Lithotripsy of Ureteral Stone
- Editorial by Elspeth M. McDougall, MD

A Randomized Controlled Trial of Nephrostomy Placement Versus Tubeless Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD - Editor's Pick

Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Compared to Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Conservative Management
- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD

Long-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Compared to Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Conservative Management
- Read a "Beyond the Abstract" Contribution Written by the Authors of the Article

Management of 10-15 mm Proximal Ureteral Stones: Ureteroscopy or Extracorporeal Shockwave Lithotripsy?
- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD

The Effect of Shock Wave Rate on the Outcome of Shock Wave Lithotripsy: A Meta-Analysis
- Editorial by Ralph V. Clayman, MD

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Made Easier: a Practical Guide, Tips and Tricks
- BJUI Mini Reviews

Stone Disease in Conferences

Urolithiasis: Metabolic Evaluation and Medical Treatment - Session Highlight
- Reported by Christopher P. Evans, MD from the 84th Annual Meeting of the AUA - Western Section

Renal Stone Disease: Treatment for the 21st Century
- Slide Presentation by Culley C. Carson, MD, at the Masters in Urology Meeting - July 31, 2008 - August 2, 2008

Renal Stone Disease: Treatment for the 21st Century
- Read the Presentation Abstract by Culley C. Carson, MD

Post-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy Bleeding Management. Lessons Learned in 20 Years - Session Highlight
- Reported by Aldrin Joseph R. Gamboa, MD from the AUA 2008 Annual Meeting

Alfuzosin Stone Expulsion Therapy for Distal Ureteral Calculi: A Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study - Session Highlight
- Reported by Michael K. Louie, MD from the AUA 2008 Annual Meeting

Natural History of Residual Fragments Following Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy
- Reported by Elspeth M. McDougall, MD, from the AUA 2008 Annual Meeting