Kidney Stone Incidence Increasing in the United States
Annual stone incidence increased from 0.6% in 2005 to 0.9% in 2015.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
CT Scans Overused in Emergency Departments for Kidney Stone Imaging
New findings show substantial potential for reducing radiation exposure to patients by using ultrasound first in the diagnostic workup for suspected stones.
Metabolic Syndrome Increases Risk of Kidney Stone Recurrence
Kidney stone recurrence risk increases along with the number of metabolic syndrome components, which include abdominal obesity, hypertension, elevated fasting glucose, low high-density lipoprotein, and elevated triglycerides.
Kidney Stones Up Kidney Cancer Risk
A history of kidney stones is associated with an increased risk of papillary renal cell carcinoma and upper tract urothelial carcinoma, according to a large prospective study.
No Increased Diabetes Risk Found With SWL
Patients who undergo extracorporealshockwave lithotripsy (SWL) do nothave an increased risk of diabetes mellitus compared those treated withureteroscopy, according the result ofa retrospective study published in BJUInternational. Michael Ordon, MD, of the Universityof Toronto, and colleagues identified106,963 patients who underwent SWLor ureteroscopy from January 1994 toMarch 2014. Patients had a medianfollow-up of 6.6 years: 8.5…
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