Stone Disease Highlights

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - The improvement in ureteroscopic technology along with continued interest in retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) has expanded the indications and boundaries for its use.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - The debate continues as to what the best patient position is for PCNL – prone vs. supine vs. modified prone.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - In an interesting study by Jinsung Park and colleagues, 160 consecutive ureteral stone patients who underwent either shockwave lithotripsy (SWL, n=65) or ureteroscopy (URS, n=95) were evaluated for typical clinical outcomes.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the established treatment for large renal calculi, yet concrete risk factors for postoperative complications, such as fever and blood transfusion, are still being delineated.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - In another study, factors predicting success rates for RIRS for large (>1cm) stones was evaluated.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - This team performed a systematic literature review of randomized clinical trials (RCTs) of treatment for distal ureteral stones, proximal ureteral stones, and renal stones and found only 6 distal ureteral stone studies, 4 proximal ureteral stone studies and 3 renal stone studies that qualified for inclusion.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - The use of alpha-blockade, specifically the alpha blocker tamsulosin 0.4 mg, should be a routine part of the surveillance management of patients with small ( <6mm) distal ureteral calculi and for patients with indwelling ureteral stents.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - “The bigger they are, the harder they fall.”

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - SWL continues to evolve with the development of variations in treatment modalities.

KYOTO, JAPAN (UroToday.com) - The search for new and better means of stone comminution continues.

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