title: Medical evaluation of nephrolithiasis.
abstract: A careful and individualized evaluation of risk factors is a fundamental part of the management of patients with urinary tract stone disease. Identification and correction of important abnormalities provide the basis for designing an efficient and rational treatment program, aiming at an arrest or at least reduction of recurrent stone formation. It is beyond doubt that appropriate therapeutic steps in this regard are of great benefit for the patient. It needs to be emphasized, however, that no success will be obtained unless the patient is willing and able to follow the ensuing dietary recommendations and medical advice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, Huddinge University Hospital, Division of Urology, Center for Surgical Sciences, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. hans-goran.tiselius@urol.hs.sll.se
authors.forename: Hans-Göran
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Tiselius
mesh_terms: D002129:Calcium Oxalate / Q000378:metabolism; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000378:metabolism; D003553:Cystine / Q000378:metabolism; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000737:chemistry / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D002129:Calcium Oxalate; D014527:Uric Acid; D003553:Cystine