Treatment of Urolithiasis

by Akimoto, Masao; Higashihara, E.; Kumon, H.; Masaki, Z.; Orikasa, S.

• ISBN13: 9784431703129
• ISBN10: 4431703128
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

Urolithiasis is one of the most frequently encountered disorders in urology clinics, but among all urological diseases, it has witnessed the most rapid progress in treatment in recent years. New techniques and technology have brought minimally invasive therapies, improvement in the quality of patients' lives, and cost-effectiveness in treatment outcomes. Development of endoscopic retrograde treatment of urolithiasis led to the percutaneous antegrade maneuver, followed by clinical use of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy. Today, subsequent advances in urology have all but eliminated the need for open surgery. This book discusses guidelines that have been developed for urolithiasis treatment, and includes chapters on distal ureteral calculi, calyceal calculi, percutaneous nephrolithotripsy and staghorn calculi, urolithiasis in children, and complications of urolithiasis, thus providing a valuable source of the latest information for all urologists.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
Contributors	ix
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Ureteral Stones: Implications in Japan and Limitations	1	(11)
E. Higashihara
Management of Urolithiasis: Guidelines in the USA	12	(11)
S. Ramakumar
J.W. Segura
Epidemiology of Urolithiasis in Japan	23	(14)
A. Terai
O. Yoshida
Urolithiasis-Patient Evaluation and Medical Treatment	37	(23)
D.A. Lifshitz
A.L. Shalhav
J.E. Lingeman
Contemporary Management of Distal Ureteral Calculi	60	(15)
M.T. Gettman
M.S. Pearle
Percutaneous Nephrolithotripsy (PNL): What Factors Make PNL Difficult and What Are the Ways to Prevent and Solve Those Problems?	75	(13)
A. Yamaguchi
K. Miyazaki
H. Meiri
J. Uozumi
Z. Masaki
Technology of Shockwave Lithotripsy	88	(10)
G.K. Chow
S.B. Streem
Ureteroscopic Lithotripsy	98	(9)
M. Grasso III
Calyceal Calculi	107	(28)
J. Kourambas
G.M. Preminger
Urolithiasis in Children-ESWL and Auxiliary Measures	135	(8)
P.-M. Braun
J. Hoang-Bohm
P. Alken
Treatment of Complicated Urolithiasis	143	(10)
S. Orikasa
N. Ioritani
Y. Chiba
S. Hoshi
A. Fukuzaki
Common and Uncommon Complications Related to ESWL	153	(14)
Y. Nasu
T. Kurashige
H. Kumon
Complications of Urolithiasis Treatment (PNL)	167	(16)
T. Nishimura
Subject Index	183