Rao Nagaraja P., Preminger Glenn M., Kavanagh John P. (eds.) Urinary Tract Stone Disease

Springer, 2011. — 741 p. — ISBN: 978-1-84800-361-3Urinary Tract Stone Disease covers the entire subject of urinary stone disease from basic sciences to medical and surgical treatment of stones. The surgical management of urinary stone disease has advanced significantly since the introduction of shock wave lithotripsy (SWL), percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), ureteroscopy (URS), and more recently retrograde intra-renal surgery (RIRS) with small, flexible fibre-optic ureteroscopes. As a result, “cutting for stones” has become a rare procedure. These minimally invasive techniques are now also used in the paediatric population with great safety and success. This book consists of 60 chapters divided into 9 sections. The first 3 sections are devoted to basic sciences on subjects ranging from epidemiology of urinary calculi, to shock wave physics. The fourth section deals with diagnostic, laboratory, and research methods in the diagnosis and investigation of stones. Stone disease in children is dealt with in chapter 5, followed by 3 sections on surgical management of stones. Finally, there is an entire section on medical management of stones. With highly illustrated diagrams, photographs, and X-ray images throughout, this book is an excellent reference for urologists, nephrologists and non-medical scientists.Basic Sciences
Epidemiology
Genetics and Molecular Biology of Renal Stones
Physicochemical Aspects of Uro-crystallization and Stone Formation
The Possible Roles of Inhibitors, Promoters, and Macromolecules in the Formation of Calcium Kidney Stones
Renal Cellular Dysfunction/Damage and the Formation of Kidney Stones
Interaction of Stone Components with Cells and Tissues
Randall’s Plaques
Dietary Factors
Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Stones
Stone Disease in Animals
Pathogenesis of Stones: Summary of Current Concepts
Basic Sciences
Calcium Metabolism and Hypercalciuria
Vitamin D Metabolism and Stones
Urinary Citrate and Citrate Metabolism
Uric Acid Metabolism and Uric Acid Stones
Oxalate Metabolism and the Primary Hyperoxalurias
Cystinuria and Cystine Stones
Urinary Infection and Struvite Stone
Drug-Induced Renal Stones
Endemic Bladder Stones
Economic Implications of Medical and Surgical Management
Basic Sciences
What Are Shock Waves?
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotriptors
Biological Effects Produced by High-Energy Shock Waves
Intracorporeal Nonlaser Lithotripsy
Laser Lithotripsy Physics
Alternative Laser Energy Sources: Clinical Implications
Diagnostic and Laboratory Methods
Imaging for Stones
Urinary Stone Analysis
Risk Indices
Blood and Urinary Tests in Stone Formers
Crystallization and Other Studies
Experimental Models for Investigation of Stone Disease
Clinical Trials in Stone Disease
Pediatric Stone Disease
Epidemiology of Pediatric Urolithiasis
Metabolic Stone Disease in Children
The Role of Minimally Invasive Techniques
Surgical Management I
Indications for Surgical Removal, Including Asymptomatic Stones
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy
Renal Stones
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Ureteral Stones
Surgical Management II: Endoscopy
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy
Ureteroscopy for Ureteric Stones
Indications for and Technique of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery for Renal Stones
Urolithiasis in Pregnancy
Surgical Management of Urolithiasis in Transplanted Kidneys