title: Urolithiasis in childhood: when to do what?
abstract: Between 1983 and 1992 22 children with urolithiasis were treated at the Department of Paediatric Surgery and Paediatrics of the University Hospital of Berne. There were 8 girls and 14 boys with a mean age of 7.3 years. Metabolic disease was found in 6 children. There were 12 renal stones, 12 ureteral stones, 1 bladder stone and 1 urethral stone. Conservative therapy, ESWL, and surgery were used as treatment each in one third of the children. Studying our patient-group and analyzing the recent literature, the place of the different therapeutic methods of the childhood stones will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Surgery, University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Carvajal Busslinger
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gygi
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Ackermann
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kaiser
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bianchetti
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008096:Lithotripsy; D008297:Male; D013514:Surgical Procedures, Operative / Q000379:methods; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*; D014570:Urologic Diseases / Q000150:complications