The American Urological Association Nephrolithiasis Clinical Guideline Panel was established
in 1991. Since that time, the Panel has developed three guidelines on the management …

Staghorn calculi are branched stones that occupy a large portion of the collecting system.
Typically, they fill the renal pelvis and branch into several or all of the calices. The term “partial …

Purpose : The efficacy of shock wave lithotripsy and percutaneous stone removal for the
treatment of symptomatic lower pole renal calculi was determined. Materials and Methods : A …

Purpose : The optimal management of lower pole renal calculi is controversial. We compared
shock wave lithotripsy (SWL) and ureteroscopy (URS) for the treatment of patients with …

Background and Purpose: Knowledge of the citric acid content of beverages may be useful
in nutrition therapy for calcium urolithiasis, especially among patients with hypocitraturia. …

PURPOSE: We compare the efficacy of percutaneous nephrostomy with retrograde ureteral
catheterization for renal drainage in cases of obstruction and infection associated with …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether the skin-to-stone distance (SSD), body mass index (BMI),
and Hounsfield unit (HU) density can be used as independent predictors of stone-free (SF) …

Objectives. Several investigators have evaluated noncontrast computed tomography (NCCT)
in predicting stone composition in vitro. We assessed NCCT in predicting stone …

Purpose : Ablative treatments (cryoablation or radio frequency ablation) for renal cell
carcinoma aim to decrease morbidity by treating renal tumors in situ, eliminating the need for …

Purpose : We compared the efficacy of shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopy for
treatment of distal ureteral calculi. Materials and Methods : A total of 64 patients with solitary, …