title: Current approach for urinary system stone disease in pregnant women.
abstract: Urinary system stones can be classified according to size, location, X-ray characteristics, aetiology of formation, composition, and risk of recurrence. Especially urolithiasis during pregnancy is a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. In most cases, it becomes symptomatic in the second or third trimester. Diagnostic options in pregnant women are limited due to the possible teratogenic, carcinogenic, and mutagenic risk of foetal radiation exposure. Clinical management of a pregnant urolithiasis patient is complex and demands close collaboration between patient, obstetrician and urologist. We would like to review current diagnosis and treatment modalities of stone disease of pregnant woman.
authors.affiliation: Urology Department, Tepecik Educational and Research Hospital, Izmir. orcuncelik82@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Orcun
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Celik
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Türk
authors.forename: Ozgur
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cakmak
authors.forename: Salih
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Budak
authors.forename: Rahmi Gokhan
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Ekin
authors.forename: Mehmet Zeynel
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Keskin
authors.forename: Guner
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Yildiz
authors.forename: Yusuf Ozlem
authors.initials: YO
authors.lastname: Ilbey
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008096:Lithotripsy; D009403:Nephrostomy, Percutaneous; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018666:Ureteroscopy; D014545:Urinary Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*