Nephrolithiasis: Advances in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prognosis
A special issue of Journal of Clinical Medicine (ISSN 2077-0383). This special issue belongs to the section "Nephrology & Urology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (25 July 2022) | Viewed by 18301
Special Issue Editor
Interests: endourology; minimally invasive surgery; surgical and medical management of stone disease; conservative treatment of UTUC; lower and upper urinary tract diseases
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Dear Colleagues,
Nephrolithiasis is a condition that is growing in incidence worldwide. The development of kidney stones is multifactorial, leading to the deposits of minerals in the renal pelvis or calyces in a free or attached way to the renal papillae. Nonetheless, one of the leading causes of this increase is dietary habit modifications with an increased consumption of fat, sodium, animal proteins, and refined sugar and the decreased intake of fibers.
Concerning diagnosis, patients usually present with typical renal colic. During evaluation, it is essential to have an X-ray of the patient before surgery, looking for anatomy abnormalities, and after surgery, for surveillance. Same as other surgical fields, the management of symptomatic kidney stones has evolved over the years. The arrival of minimal invasive treatments and of new technologies has focused on reducing the morbidity of the patient and bringing more efficient procedures. Those recent innovations include new single-use flexible endoscopes, the introduction of robots in endourology and, of course, new laser technologies.
The aim of this Special Issue of the Journal of Clinical Medicine is to provide new insides about nephrolithiasis: advances in diagnosis, treatment, and prognosis.
Prof. Dr. Olivier Traxer
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- kidney stones
- etiology
- diagnosis
- RIRS
- lithotripsy
- laser
- robotics
- outcomes
- prognosis
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