ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Patients undergoing PCNL are usually hospitalized for at least a day following the surgical procedure. Andonian and colleagues presented their initial and largest in the world series of ambulatory PCNL experience.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Urinary sepsis following percutaneous nephrolothitomy (PCNL) is a potentially devastating complication that often occurs despite preoperative evaluation and treatment of urine cultures (UCx). The presence of infectious microorganisms harbored in urinary stones are the main cause, which is inferred from stone composition, most commonly by the presence of struvite.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - The authors have previously demonstrated that a treatment dose of 2000 shock waves (SWs) produces a renal lesion and that this injury can be reduced:
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Ureteral stent discomfort is a significant post-operative problem that remains a challenge to treat.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - CT plays a significant part in determining the biochemical composition of urinary stones. Heavy metals and trace elements are involved in stone microcomposition. This study was carried out to evaluate the relationship between CT density and both biochemical structure and microelemental composition of urinary stones.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Urolithiasis is a highly morbid condition with significant pain/discomfort and common recurrence among patients.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Ureteroscopy (URS) has emerged as the first-line treatment for distal ureteral calculi, but optimal management for proximal ureteral stones still remains unclear.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - In the emergency setting, the use of urinalysis (UA) for patients with nephrolithiasis produces potentially confusing results.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Nephrolithiasis is usually not evaluated with ultrasonography due to its poor accuracy and variability in detecting stones. Franklin Lee and colleagues utilized computer assistance to augment ultrasound stone sizing.
ORLANDO, FL USA (UroToday.com) - Exposure to ionizing radiation during endourological procedures is a significant hazard in the career of a urologist.
