Evaluation and medical management of kidney stones in children

GE Tasian, L Copelovitch - The Journal of urology, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose We review the current literature on the diagnostic evaluation and dietary and
pharmacological management of children with nephrolithiasis. Materials and Methods We …

[HTML][HTML] Economic impact of urinary stones

ES Hyams, BR Matlaga - Translational andrology and urology, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Kidney stones have been rising in prevalence in the United States and worldwide, and
represent a significant cost burden. Cost effectiveness research in this area may enable …

Economics and cost of care of stone disease

Y Lotan - Advances in chronic kidney disease, 2009 - Elsevier
Nephrolithiasis is associated with a high cost to society because of the high prevalence of
disease and high recurrence rates. The total annual medical expenditures for urolithiasis in …

Silodosin to facilitate passage of ureteral stones: a multi-institutional, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial

RL Sur, N Shore, J L'Esperance, B Knudsen, M Gupta… - European urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Background Using a selective α-blocker for medical expulsive therapy (MET) is a cost-
effective treatment approach widely used for ureteral stones. Objective To evaluate the …

Economic considerations in the management of nephrolithiasis

D Roberson, C Sperling, A Shah, J Ziemba - Current urology reports, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review From health systems to individuals, nephrolithiasis is
economically burdensome. The aim of the current paper is to characterize the financial …

Is there a role for tamsulosin in the treatment of distal ureteral stones of 7 mm or less? Results of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

T Hermanns, P Sauermann, K Rufibach… - European urology, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Numerous randomised trials have confirmed the efficacy of medical
expulsive therapy with tamsulosin in patients with distal ureteral stones; however, to date, no …

The role for active monitoring in urinary stones: a systematic review

A Skolarikos, MP Laguna, G Alivizatos… - Journal of …, 2010 - liebertpub.com
Abstract Background and Purpose: All urinary stones may not need prompt active treatment.
The aim of our study was to identify urinary stones that can be actively monitored safely …

Role of tamsulosin, tadalafil, and silodosin as the medical expulsive therapy in lower ureteric stone: a randomized trial (a pilot study)

S Kumar, K Jayant, MM Agrawal, SK Singh, S Agrawal… - Urology, 2015 - Elsevier
Objective To evaluate the role of 2 different α-1 blockers and 1 phosphodiesterase-5
inhibitor as medical expulsive therapy for distal ureteric calculi. Materials and Methods …

Alfuzosin stone expulsion therapy for distal ureteral calculi: a double-blind, placebo controlled study

RN Pedro, B Hinck, K Hendlin, K Feia, BK Canales… - The Journal of …, 2008 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: We evaluated the efficacy of alfuzosin as medical expulsive therapy for distal
ureteral stone passage. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 76 patients with a distal …

[HTML][HTML] Medical expulsive therapy for pediatric ureteral stones: a meta-Analysis of randomized clinical trials

P Ziaeefar, A Basiri, M Zangiabadian… - Journal of clinical …, 2023 - mdpi.com
To evaluate the efficacy and safety of medical expulsive therapy (MET) for ureteral stones in
pediatric patients, Cochrane, PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, and the reference list of …