Nonsurgical management of infection-related renal calculi.
Struvite calculi can be a debilitating affliction for which the cure is mainly surgical. If left untreated, infection-related calculi can cause failure to thrive, anemia, chronic renal insufficiency, renal failure and death. There has been much research aimed at non-surgical intervention and prevention of these calculi especially in this "non-invasive" era. The historic and current non-surgical treatment modalities of struvite calculi are discussed.
Schwartz
B F
BF
Department of Urology, University of California at San Francisco, USA.
Stoller
M L
ML
D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology