• DOI:10.1046/j.1464-410X.2003.04208.x
Corpus ID: 28256459

Epidemiology and medical management of stone disease

@article{Tiselius2003EpidemiologyAM,
  title={Epidemiology and medical management of stone disease},
  author={H. Tiselius},
  journal={BJU International},
  year={2003},
  volume={91}
}

H. Tiselius

Published 2003

Medicine

BJU International

Recurrent stone formation in the urinary tract is a common and important problem that must be considered in daily urological practice. With a prevalence of> 10% and an expected recurrence rate of ≈ 50%, stone disease has an important effect on the healthcare system. It is generally agreed that patients with uric acid/urate, cystine or infection stones always should be treated pharmacologically. For calcium stone formers the treatment should be chosen according to the severity of the disease… CONTINUE READING

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