In the past few decades pediatric urolithiasis has become more frequent. The reason for this
increase is not completely clear but has been attributed to changes in climate, nutritional …

Objective To evaluate the natural course of the stone disease in pediatric patients from
different perspectives among which the spontaneous passage and stone recurrence rates …

Childhood urolithiasis is associated with considerable morbidity and recurrence. Many risk
factors—including those metabolic, genetic, anatomic, dietary and environmental in nature …

Urolithiasis, a condition in which calculi are found in the urinary tract, has been known for
centuries. Although the disease was considered casuistic in the pediatric population, its …

Although the prevalence of urolithiasis is nearly 2–3% in childhood, the risk of recurrence
may range from 6.5–54%. There has been an increase in urinary stone disease among …

In recent years the incidence of pediatric stone disease has increased several fold, mostly
due to hypercalciuria and hypocitraturia. The goal of medical treatment is to protect the …

While once thought to be relatively rare in developed nations, the prevalence of pediatric
urolithiasis appears to be increasing, and a number of factors may be contributing to this …

Idiopathic urolithiasis in children has become more frequent in the past few decades as a
result of increasing affluence and rapid change in our society's dietary habits. In Western …

A significant increase in the frequency of childhood urolithiasis has been observed during
the last 10–15 years. A recent study observed an increase in the incidence of symptomatic …

The aetiology of stones in children differs from that in adults. Young children, especially
boys, are prone to infective stones, although this type of calculi is decreasing in frequency …