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Book Synopsis
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 tec

    Table of Contents

    List of Contributors, ix

    Preface, xiii

    Part 1: Types of Urinary Stones and Their Medical Management

    1 How to Build a Kidney Stone Prevention Clinic, 3
    David S. Goldfarb

    2 Metabolic Evaluation: Interpretation of 24-Hour Urine Chemistries, 13
    John R. Asplin

    3 Uric Acid Stones, 26
    Naim M. Maalouf

    4 Calcium Stones, 36
    John C. Lieske

    5 Struvite Stones, 48
    Brian H. Eisner, Sameer M. Deshmukh, and Dirk Lange

    6 Genetic Causes of Kidney Stones: Cystinuria, Primary Hyperoxaluria, Dent’s Disease, and APRT Deficiency, 57
    Runolfur Palsson

    7 Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Stones, 70
    Vidar O. Edvardsson and Sherry S. Ross

    8 Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Stones, 81
    Marcella Donovan Walker and Shonni J. Silverberg

    9 Renal Tubular Acidosis, Stones, and Nephrocalcinosis, 93
    Robert J. Unwin, Stephen B. Walsh, and Oliver M. Wrong

    10 Drug-Induced Stones, 106
    Michel Daudon and Paul Jungers

    11 Management of Renal Colic and Medical Expulsive Therapy, 120
    Michael S. Borofsky and Ojas Shah

    Part 2: Surgical Management of Urinary Stones

    12 Indications for Conservative and Surgical Management of Urinary Stone Disease, 135
    Brian D. Duty and Michael J. Conlin

    13 Perioperative Imaging: Plain Film, Sonography, Contrast-Based Fluoroscopic Imaging, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Urography, 148
    Nicole Hindman

    14 Emergency Urinary Drainage Techniques Employed for an Obstructing Upper Urinary Tract Calculus With and Without Associated Sepsis, 157
    Sunil Mathur and Francis X. Keeley Jr

    15 Endoscopic Management of Lower Urinary Tract Calculi: Tips and Tricks, 166
    Christopher M. Dixon and Sean Fullerton

    16 Ureteroscopy, 176
    Israel Franco and Lesli Nicolay

    17 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Children: Renal Stones, 195
    Jordan Gitlin and Kai-wen Chuan

    18 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Generators and Treatment Techniques, 216
    Jessica E. Paonessa and James E. Lingeman

    19 Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: Indications, Access Endoscopes, Accessories, and Lithotrites, 227
    Julien Letendre and Olivier Traxer

    20 Ureteropyeloscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi, 243
    Michael Grasso, Andrew I. Fishman, and Bobby Alexander

    21 Percutaneous Nephrolithomy: Access and Instrumentation, 264
    Arvind P. Ganpule, Sachin Abrol, Abhishek Laddha, and Mahesh R. Desai

    22 Percutaneous Management of Intrarenal Calculi, 278
    Michael Degen and Majid Eshghi

    23 Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Management of Urinary Calculi, 296
    Ahmed Alasker, Reza Ghavamian, and David Hoenig

    24 Multimodality Therapy: Mixing and Matching of Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Stone Disease, 311
    Nir Kleinmann, Kelly A. Healy, and Demetrius H. Bagley

    25 Management of Complications Associated with Various Lithotripsy Techniques, 326
    Angela M. Cottrell and Andrew J. Dickinson

    Index, 340

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      Publisher: Wiley
      Publication Date: 18/04/2014
      ISBN13: 9781118405437, 978-1118405437
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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 tec

        Table of Contents

        List of Contributors, ix

        Preface, xiii

        Part 1: Types of Urinary Stones and Their Medical Management

        1 How to Build a Kidney Stone Prevention Clinic, 3
        David S. Goldfarb

        2 Metabolic Evaluation: Interpretation of 24-Hour Urine Chemistries, 13
        John R. Asplin

        3 Uric Acid Stones, 26
        Naim M. Maalouf

        4 Calcium Stones, 36
        John C. Lieske

        5 Struvite Stones, 48
        Brian H. Eisner, Sameer M. Deshmukh, and Dirk Lange

        6 Genetic Causes of Kidney Stones: Cystinuria, Primary Hyperoxaluria, Dent’s Disease, and APRT Deficiency, 57
        Runolfur Palsson

        7 Evaluation and Management of Pediatric Stones, 70
        Vidar O. Edvardsson and Sherry S. Ross

        8 Primary Hyperparathyroidism and Stones, 81
        Marcella Donovan Walker and Shonni J. Silverberg

        9 Renal Tubular Acidosis, Stones, and Nephrocalcinosis, 93
        Robert J. Unwin, Stephen B. Walsh, and Oliver M. Wrong

        10 Drug-Induced Stones, 106
        Michel Daudon and Paul Jungers

        11 Management of Renal Colic and Medical Expulsive Therapy, 120
        Michael S. Borofsky and Ojas Shah

        Part 2: Surgical Management of Urinary Stones

        12 Indications for Conservative and Surgical Management of Urinary Stone Disease, 135
        Brian D. Duty and Michael J. Conlin

        13 Perioperative Imaging: Plain Film, Sonography, Contrast-Based Fluoroscopic Imaging, Computed Tomography, and Magnetic Resonance Urography, 148
        Nicole Hindman

        14 Emergency Urinary Drainage Techniques Employed for an Obstructing Upper Urinary Tract Calculus With and Without Associated Sepsis, 157
        Sunil Mathur and Francis X. Keeley Jr

        15 Endoscopic Management of Lower Urinary Tract Calculi: Tips and Tricks, 166
        Christopher M. Dixon and Sean Fullerton

        16 Ureteroscopy, 176
        Israel Franco and Lesli Nicolay

        17 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy in Children: Renal Stones, 195
        Jordan Gitlin and Kai-wen Chuan

        18 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Generators and Treatment Techniques, 216
        Jessica E. Paonessa and James E. Lingeman

        19 Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy: Indications, Access Endoscopes, Accessories, and Lithotrites, 227
        Julien Letendre and Olivier Traxer

        20 Ureteropyeloscopic Management of Upper Urinary Tract Calculi, 243
        Michael Grasso, Andrew I. Fishman, and Bobby Alexander

        21 Percutaneous Nephrolithomy: Access and Instrumentation, 264
        Arvind P. Ganpule, Sachin Abrol, Abhishek Laddha, and Mahesh R. Desai

        22 Percutaneous Management of Intrarenal Calculi, 278
        Michael Degen and Majid Eshghi

        23 Laparoscopic and Open Surgical Management of Urinary Calculi, 296
        Ahmed Alasker, Reza Ghavamian, and David Hoenig

        24 Multimodality Therapy: Mixing and Matching of Surgical Techniques for the Treatment of Stone Disease, 311
        Nir Kleinmann, Kelly A. Healy, and Demetrius H. Bagley

        25 Management of Complications Associated with Various Lithotripsy Techniques, 326
        Angela M. Cottrell and Andrew J. Dickinson

        Index, 340

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