Imaging for Urinary Stones: Update in 2015

Villa, Luca; Giusti, Guido; Knoll, Thomas; Traxer, Olivier

doi:10.1016/j.euf.2015.10.007

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“…Good imaging assessment before surgery is essential for surgical planning. CT remains the gold standard for diagnosing urolithiasis, with the advantages of being readily available, having higher diagnostic accuracy, faster imaging acquisition and shorter evaluation time . CT also can evaluate the relationship of the stone to other organs.…”

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Updates in endourological management of urolithiasis

Teoh

2018

Int J of Urology

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Urinary stone disease, or urolithiasis, is a very common disease with increasing prevalence and incidence. With the advancement of endoscopic techniques, the treatment outcomes of ureteroscopy (or transureteral lithotripsy) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy are continuously improving. In recent years, there have been many new developments in the field, including new endoscopy design, more effective auxiliary tools, improvement in treatment protocols, introduction of robotic technology, combining both ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery or transureteral lithotripsy‐assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy), improvement in laser technology, and so on. All these new inputs will further improve the treatment efficacy and safety of the procedures, thus benefiting our patients. In the present review, we briefly go through the main steps of ureteroscopy and percutaneous nephrolithotomy, with a concise description and application of these new advances.

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Updates in endourological management of urolithiasis

Teoh

2018

Int J of Urology

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“…It found applicability in visualising pathological changes caused by stones in the urinary tract of paediatric and pregnant patients owing to its superior soft tissue contrast and for it does not carries risk associated with ionizing radiations [38,50] , until high doses of paramagnetic contrast were found to be teratogenic [44] . But it has proved to be a safer alternative with no mandatory requirement for administration of contrast media [38] .…”

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“…It is known to have sensitivity and specificity of 96-100% and accuracy of 96-98% [2,36,42,43] . It has advantage of providing information about the stone composition, extent of obstruction, renal anatomy and physiology and any extra-urological or alternative causes of flank pain such as appendi citis, pancreatitis and gynaecologic aberrations [18,44] . The only drawback of this technique is the high amount of ionising radiations required for imaging that limits its use majorly in pregnant women and children.…”

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“…DECT possesses two X-ray sources and two detector units and utilizes differences in X-ray attenuation properties of the constituents of stones for determining the mineral composition of stones. Stones appear in varied colors depending upon their type, when viewed by DECT [43][44][45][46] .…”

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“…Magnetic resonance imaging uses magnets, radio waves and body's natural magnetic properties for imaging urinary stones, and sometimes requires administration of paramagnetic contrast media for the same [39,40,44,49,50] . It found applicability in visualising pathological changes caused by stones in the urinary tract of paediatric and pregnant patients owing to its superior soft tissue contrast and for it does not carries risk associated with ionizing radiations [38,50] , until high doses of paramagnetic contrast were found to be teratogenic [44] .…”

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Urolithiasis: An Update on Diagnostic Modalities and Treatment Protocols

Bawari¹,

Sah²,

Tewari³

2017

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Sweta, et al.: Diagnosis and Treatment of UrolithiasisUrolithiasis or urinary stone disease is a ubiquitous affliction that spares no geographical region or demographic. Plenty of research is being carried out in quest for mitigating this disease condition. However, any detailed information that could impart knowledge on all the major aspects of the subject in an unfractionated form is still deficient. This review is an attempt to revive the existing knowledge on urolithiasis, basically focused on its diagnosis and treatment and to provide a comprehensive data and up-to-date information on the subject matter. This article also focuses on synthetic drugs and formulations available for the treatment of urolithiasis in the global market and provides a section pertaining to risk factors and dietary preventive measures for urolithiasis.

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