title: Treatment of renal calculi in the elderly.
abstract: The management of renal calculi in the geriatric patient population poses some unique problems that include anesthetic risks, underlying medical disease, and general risk/benefit concerns. A variety of relatively noninvasive procedures are available, including extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) and percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCNL). A practical management plan is presented that is based primarily on stone size and takes into consideration problems unique to the elderly patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, State University of New York, Stony Brook 11794-8093.
authors.forename: L B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Kandel
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000628:therapy*; D008096:Lithotripsy / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous