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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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Emergency physicians report infrequent use of alpha-blockade for the treatment of ureteral stones - Abstract
Tuesday, 08 September 2009
Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, IL 60453, USA.
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Preoperative indications for percutaneous nephrolithotripsy in 2009 - Abstract
Monday, 07 September 2009
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, The University of Western Ontario , London, Ontario, Canada.
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Empiric use of potassium citrate reduces kidney-stone incidence with the ketogenic diet - Abstract
Friday, 04 September 2009
School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
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Renal colic in pregnancy: Lithiasis or physiological hydronephrosis? - Abstract
Friday, 04 September 2009
Department of Urology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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Thick curved planar reformation of unenhanced multislice computed tomography demonstrating urolithiasis - Abstract
Thursday, 03 September 2009
Department of Radiology, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria.
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Long-term outcome of ureterosigmoidostomy: an analysis of patients with >10 years of follow-up - Abstract
Wednesday, 02 September 2009
Department of Urology, Mayo Medical School and Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
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Percutaneous nephrolithotomy under general versus combined spinal-epidural anesthesia - Abstract
Tuesday, 01 September 2009
Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urology Baskent University , Ankara, Turkey.
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Beyond the Abstract - Medical Therapy to Facilitate the Passage of Stones: What Is the Evidence?, by Christian Seitz, MD
Monday, 31 August 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Results from this systematic review demonstrate evidence for a higher stone expulsion rate and a reduced time to stone expulsion using α-blocker or calcium channel blockers compared to a standard therapy or placebo control group.
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Risks, advantages, and complications of intercostal vs subcostal approach for percutaneous nephrolithotripsy - Abstract
Monday, 31 August 2009
Departments of Radiology and Urology, SUNY Downstate Medical School Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York.
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Editorial - Emergency room follow-up trends in urolithiasis: Single-center report
Friday, 28 August 2009
BERKELEY, CA (UroToday.com) - Two Mid-Western studies on the emergency department (ED) management of patients with renal colic suggest that our ED colleagues would benefit from an educational update on this clinical problem.
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Mechanism underlying the low prevalence of pediatric calcium oxalate urolithiasis - Abstract
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Department of Urology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan.
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Emergency room management of ureteral calculi: Current practices - Abstract
Wednesday, 26 August 2009
Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
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URS 2009 - The first drug eluting ureteral stent: A prospective, randomized, multicenter clinical trial to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of a ketorolac-loaded ureteral stent - Abstract
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
PORT DOUGLAS, AUSTRALIA (UroToday.com) - Ureteral stents-related morbidity results in patient dissatisfaction and unscheduled physician contact.
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URS 2009 - Coherent scatter computed tomography for structural and compositional stone analysis: A prospective comparison with infrared spectroscopy - Abstract
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
PORT DOUGLAS, AUSTRALIA (UroToday.com) - Infrared spectroscopy (IRS) is a standard method of stone analysis that yields relative proportions of stone materials within a sample.
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URS 2009 - Sonication: A new emerging technique for better urinary tract infection detection - Abstract
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
PORT DOUGLAS, AUSTRALIA (UroToday.com) - Microbial biofilms colonise the surfaces of tissues and implanted medical devices.
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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
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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