title: [Clinico-therapeutic classification of urinary lithiasis].
abstract: Urinary lithiasis is a millenary disease for which different classifications have been developed: clinical, etiopathogenic, crystallographic, etc. The introduction of endoscopic surgery and extracorporeal lithotripsy in the last decade has created the need for a clinicotherapeutic classification as manifested by Rocco, Griffith, Tisselius, and other authors. We have developed the CEP/LTS-X classification, which evaluates the stone characteristics (C) [location and form (L), size (T), consistency (S) and number (X)], the excretory tract (E) and the renal parenchyma (P), and permits classifying the urinary calculus as LTS renal calculus types I, II, III, IV; LTS ureteral calculus types I, II, III; and LTS vesical and ureteral calculi types I and II, with related general characteristics that permit indicating treatment for each type: in situ ESWL or complementary endourological techniques, endoscopic or open surgery, alone or in combination.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Urología, Hospital Universitario de Valme, Sevilla, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Arrabal Martín
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Reina Ruiz
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lancina Martín
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Vilches Cocovi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: García Pérez
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy
vernacular_title: Clasificación clínico-terapéutica de la litiasis urinaria.