Current minimally invasive and endourological therapy in pediatric nephrolithiasis
| Autor: | R. Abou Ghaida, Y. El Hout, Raja B. Khauli, Nazih Khater |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Předmět: |
Staghorn calculus
medicine.medical_specialty Standard of care Urology medicine.medical_treatment MEDLINE lcsh:RC870-923 Pediatric nephrolithiasis Solitary kidney Lower pole medicine Ureteroscopy Percutaneous nephrolithotomy Extra-corporeal shock wave lithotripsy medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry medicine.disease lcsh:Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology Surgery High definition Kidney stones business |
| Zdroj: | African Journal of Urology, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 63-73 (2014) African Journal of Urology; Vol 20, No 2 (2014); 63–73 |
| ISSN: | 1110-5704 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.afju.2014.03.002 |
| Popis: | Introduction: Children with complex urinary tract stones present a treatment challenge. There is still no clear consensus regarding their management. Therefore, our goal was to review the endourological therapies in children presenting with complex nephrolithiasis, updated to 2013. Methods: This was a review of published articles, from 1981 to 2013, related to pediatric nephrolithiasis, staghorn calculi, lower pole kidney stones, and uninephric children. The sites from which information was retrieved covered PubMed, the American Urological Association, and Medline. Results: We reviewed 147 articles that demonstrated that small lower pole stones of |
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