Abstract | PURPOSE: MATERIALS AND METHODS: We performed a retrospective evaluation of all patients with NB due to SCI or MM who underwent PNL between January 2002 and January 2005. RESULTS: CONCLUSIONS: Patients with neurogenic bladder are traditionally thought to harbor infection related calculi. These data demonstrate that many contemporary patients will be found to have calculi of a metabolic etiology. Although patients with NB still have renal calculi, advances in urological treatment may have affected the composition of their calculi, as metabolic stones are becoming more commonly identified. When metabolic components are identified, stone activity may be attenuated with appropriate metabolic evaluation, pharmacological therapies and dietary modifications.
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Authors | Brian R Matlaga, Samuel C Kim, Stephanie L Watkins, Ramsay L Kuo, Larry C Munch, James E Lingeman |
Journal | The Journal of urology
(J Urol)
Vol. 175
Issue 5
Pg. 1716-9; discussion 1719
(May 2006)
ISSN: 0022-5347 [Print] United States |
PMID | 16600738
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Aged
- Child
- Female
- Humans
- Kidney Calculi
(chemistry, complications)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Retrospective Studies
- Urinary Bladder, Neurogenic
(complications)
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