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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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Long-term results of percutaneous nephrolithotomy: Does prophylactic medical stone management make a difference? - Abstract
Friday, 24 July 2009
Division of Urologic Surgery, Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, Duke University Medical Center , Durham, North Carolina.
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What is the difference between percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with and without previous open renal surgery? - Abstract
Thursday, 23 July 2009
Urology Research Center, Razi Hospital, Rasht, Iran.
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Genetic basis of renal cellular dysfunction and the formation of kidney stones - Abstract
Wednesday, 22 July 2009
Department of Pathology and Center for the Study of Lithiasis and Pathological Calcification, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA.
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Vitamin C with metabolites reduce oxalate levels compared to ascorbic acid: A preliminary and novel clinical urologic finding - Abstract
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
University of Michigan Medical Center, Department of Urology, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
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Evaluation of shockwave lithotripsy induced renal damage using heat shock protein 70 expression in the presence of different urinary obstruction periods - Abstract
Tuesday, 21 July 2009
Department of Urology, Afyon Kocatepe University School of Medicine, Afyonkarahisar, Turkey
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Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy for Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi in Patients With Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease - Abstract
Monday, 20 July 2009
Urology Unit, Department of Surgery, Adan Hospital, Kuwait City, Kuwait.
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Percutaneous Treatment of Staghorn Stones: A Retrospective Case-Control Study with Evaluation of Single vs Multiple Access to the Kidney - Abstract
Friday, 17 July 2009
Struttura Complessa di Urologia, P.O. Martina Franca, Taranto, Italy.
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Conservative Management of Pediatric Nephrolithiasis Caused by Melamine-Contaminated Milk Powder - Abstract
Thursday, 16 July 2009
Department of Nephrology, Shenzhen Nanshan Hospital, Shenzhen, China.
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Editorial - Effect of Gastric Bypass Surgery on Kidney Stone Disease
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” (George Santayana in The Life of Reason, 1905).
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Excretory Urography: Trends in Clinical Use and Diagnostic Yield - Abstract
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, 1500 E. Medical Center Drive, B1D530-UH 5030, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
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Does Open Stone Surgery Still Play a Role in the Treatment of Urolithiasis? Data of a Primary Urolithiasis Center - Abstract
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Department of Urology, Mannheim University Hospital, Mannheim, Germany.
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Beyond the Abstract - Vitamin D Repletion Does Not Alter Urinary Calcium Excretion in Healthy Postmenopausal Women, by Kristina L. Penniston, PhD, and Karen E. Hansen, MD
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Vitamin D needs, especially in the northern latitudes where direct sunlight is unavailable for much of the year, are currently under scrutiny by members of both the scientific and medical communities.
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Medical Therapy to Facilitate the Passage of Stones: What Is the Evidence? - Abstract
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Department of Urology, General Hospital of Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy.
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Civiale, Stones and Statistics: The Dawn of Evidence-Based Medicine - Abstract
Thursday, 09 July 2009
Department of Urology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Weill-Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
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IUGA 2009 - Urethral Diverticum with Three Large Stones - Session Highlights
Tuesday, 23 June 2009
COMO, ITALY (UroToday.com) - We report here, the use of biological graft (SurgiSIS) in repair of a large, infected urethral diverticulum with multiple stones.
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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