Acute u rinary stones cause one of the most painful sensations the human body can experience, more painful than childbirth, broken bones, gunshot wounds or burns. Master your patient management with this comprehensive guide to a debilitating medical condition.
Acute urinary stones cause one of the most painful sensations the human body can experience, more painful than childbirth, broken bones, gunshot wounds or burns. Master your patient management with this comprehensive guide to a debilitating medical condition. Urinary Stones: Medical and Surgical Management provides urologists, nephrologists and surgeons with a practical, accessible guide to the diagnosis, treatment and prevention of urinary stone disease.
Divided into 2 parts covering both medical and surgical management - leading experts discuss the key issues and examine how to deliver best practice in the clinical care of your patients.
Topics covered include:
- Evaluation and management of stones in children
- Renal colic and medical expulsive therapy
- Imaging in stone disease: sonography, contrast based fluoroscopy, computed tomography and magnetic resonance urography
- Multimodality therapy: mixing and matching techniques to improve outcome
- Complications of stone disease
- Interpretation of 24 hour urine chemistry
- Prevention of recurrent calcium, uric acid, struvite and cystine stones
- The different surgical techniques, including: ureteroscopy, shockwave lithotripsy, ureteroscopic lithotripsy and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy
Packed with high-quality figures, key points, and management algorithms, easy to follow, clear clinical guidance is supported by the very latest in management guidelines from the AUA and EAU.
Brought to you by the best, this is the perfect consultation tool when on the wards or in the office.
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Preface, |
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Part 1: Types of Urinary Stones and Their Medical Management |
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1 How to Build a Kidney Stone Prevention Clinic, |
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2 Metabolic Evaluation: Interpretation of 24-Hour Urine Chemistries, |
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6 Genetic Causes of Kidney Stones: Cystinuria, Primary Hyperoxaluria, Dent's Disease, and APRT Deficiency, |
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7 Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Stones, |
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8 Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Stones, |
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9 Renal Tubular Acidosis, Stones, and Nephrocalcinosis, |
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11 Management of Renal Colic and Medical Expulsive Therapy, |
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Part 2: Surgical Management of Urinary Stones |
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12 Indications for Conservative and Surgical Management of Urinary Stone Disease, |
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13 Perioperative Imaging: Plain Film, Sonography, Contrast-Based Fluoroscopic Imaging, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Urography, |
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14 Emergency Urinary Drainage Techniques Employed for an Obstructing Upper Urinary Tract Calculus With and Without Associated Sepsis, |
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15 Endoscopic Management of Lower Urinary Tract Calculi: Tips and Tricks, |
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17 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Children: Renal Stones, |
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18 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Generators and Treatment Techniques, |
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19 Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: Indications, Access Endoscopes, Accessories, and Lithotrites, |
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20 Ureteropyeloscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi, |
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21 Percutaneous Nephrolithomy: Access and Instrumentation, |
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22 Percutaneous Management of Intrarenal Calculi, |
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23 Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Management of Urinary Calculi, |
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24 Multimodality Therapy: Mixing and Matching of Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Stone Disease, |
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25 Management of Complications Associated with Various Lithotripsy Techniques, |
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Edited by:
Michael Grasso MD, Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Urology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, USA
David S. Goldfarb MD, FASN, Clinical Chief, Nephrology Division, NYU Langone Medical Center; Professor of Medicine and Physiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA