Diagnosis and Management of Nephrolithiasis.
Nephrolithiasis is a common affliction, affecting approximately 10% of adults. Potentially presenting with acute abdominal or flank pain, nausea, or emesis, it may pose as a general surgical condition. Therefore, recognition, diagnosis, and management concerns are pertinent to the general surgeon. Furthermore, the risk of nephrolithiasis is increased in common general surgical conditions, including inflammatory bowel disease, hyperparathyroidism, and short gut. Nephrolithiasis may be induced as a result of general surgical interventions, including gastric bypass and bowel resection with ileostomy. An understanding of this common disease will improve coordination of patient care between urologists and general surgeons.
Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Johann P
JP
Ingimarsson
Department of Urology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street Southwest, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Amy E
AE
Krambeck
Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH, USA; Section of Urology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH 03756, USA. Electronic address: Vernon.m.pais@dartmouth.edu.
Vernon M
VM
Pais
D006801:Humans; D053040:Nephrolithiasis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery / Q000628:therapy*
Diagnosis; Management; Nephrolithiasis; Urolithiasis