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} }
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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