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Title Urolithiasis : symptoms, management and prevention strategies / Joseph Fletcher, editor.

Publication Info. New York : Nova Biomedical, [2015]

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Description 1 online resource.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Renal and urologic disorders
Renal and urologic disorders.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Description based on print version record.
Contents ""UROLITHIASIS: SYMPTOMS, MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES""; ""UROLITHIASIS: SYMPTOMS, MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Chapter 1: Use of Metallic Stents for Chronic Ureteral Obstruction""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Historical Perspectives""; ""Types of Metallic Stents Available for Clinical Use""; ""Complications of Metallic Stenting""; ""Economics of Metallic Stenting""; ""Current Clinical Perspectives on the Resonance® Metallic Stent""; ""Indications, Alternatives, and Risks""
""Patient Selection""""Operative Technique""; ""Follow-Up Care""; ""Future Directions""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 2: Modern Stone Management: Prevalence and Practice Patterns for Treatment of Upper Tract Calculi""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 3: Emergency Shockwave Lithotripsy: Past, Present and Future""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""The Evolution of Shockwave Lithotripsy -- General Principles""; ""Contemporary Lithotripsy by Shockwave -- The Concept of Emergency Treatment""; ""Indications and Limitations""
""The Future of Emergency Shockwave Lithotripsy -- Technology and Management""""Technology""; ""Management Strategies""; ""Conclusion""; ""References""; ""Chapter 4: Hereditary Kidney Stones""; ""Abstract""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1. Types of Kidney Stones""; ""1.2. Prevalence of Hereditary Kidney Stones""; ""1.3. Future Perspectives""; ""2. Cystinuria""; ""2.1. Introduction""; ""2.2. Prevalence""; ""2.3. Genetics""; ""2.4. Presentation""; ""2.5. Complications""; ""2.6. Diagnosis""; ""2.7. Treatment""; ""2.8. Prognosis""; ""2.9. Conclusion""; ""3. Hypercalciuria""; ""3.1. Introduction""
""3.2. Prevalence""""3.3. Genetics""; ""3.4. Presentation""; ""3.5. Complications""; ""3.6. Diagnosis""; ""3.7. Treatment""; ""3.8. Prognosis""; ""3.9. Conclusion""; ""4. Primary Hyperoxaluria""; ""4.1. Introduction""; ""4.2. Prevalence""; ""4.3. Genetics""; ""4.4. Presentation""; ""4.5. Complications""; ""4.6. Diagnosis""; ""4.7. Treatment""; ""4.8. Prognosis""; ""4.9. Conclusion""; ""5. Xanthinuria""; ""5.1. Introduction""; ""5.2. Prevalence""; ""5.3. Genetics""; ""5.4. Presentation""; ""5.5. Complications""; ""5.6. Diagnosis""; ""5.7. Treatment""; ""5.8. Prognosis""; ""5.9. Conclusion""
""6. Dihydroxyadeninuria""""6.1. Introduction""; ""6.2. Prevalence""; ""6.3. Genetics""; ""6.4. Presentation""; ""6.5. Complications""; ""6.6. Diagnosis""; ""6.7. Treatment""; ""6.8. Prognosis""; ""6.9. Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgment""; ""References""; ""Chapter 5: Surgical Management of Paediatric Urolithiasis""; ""Abstract""; ""Introduction""; ""I. Management of Renal Calculi in Paediatric Age Group""; ""a) Shock Wave Lithotripsy (SWL)""; ""b) Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL)""; ""c) Laparoscopy""; ""d) Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Pyelolithotomy""; ""e) Open Surgery""
Summary Urolithiasis is one of the oldest documented medical ailments with archeological evidence showing that humans have suffered from kidney and bladder stones for centuries. Urolithiasis is a common multifactorial problem with multi-effect on the patients' quality of life and an economic burden on the individual and the health system of the country. Various intrinsic and extrinsic factors are associated with the risk for stone formation. Among intrinsic factors are race, sex, and genetics. Finding the cause of urolithiasis or establishing it early in life will reduce the consequence and complicati.
Subject Urinary organs -- Calculi -- Treatment.
Urolithiasis -- therapy
HEALTH & FITNESS / Diseases / General
MEDICAL / Clinical Medicine
MEDICAL / Diseases
MEDICAL / Evidence-Based Medicine
MEDICAL / Internal Medicine
Urinary organs -- Calculi
Added Author Fletcher, Joseph, editor.
Other Form: Print version: Urolithiasis New York : Nova Biomedical, [2015] 9781634635004 (hardback) (DLC) 2014955172
ISBN 9781634635301 ebook
1634635302
1634635000 hardback
9781634635004 hardback
Standard No. AU@ 000056062741
DEBBG BV042793374
AU@ 000060914053

 
    
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