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Mashup Score: 41Secret Cause of Kidney Stones your Doctor Doesn't Know! 2023 - 6 month(s) ago
Kidney stones can be more painful than child-birth, so we all want to avoid them if possible. There are some folks who falsely claim that eating keto can cau…
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Collapse all Expand all Background Nephrolithiasis is a common urological disease worldwide. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) has been used for the treatment of renal stones since the 1980s, while retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) and percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) are newer, more invasive treatment modalities that may have higher stone‐free rates. The complications of…
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Mashup Score: 0Totally tubeless, tubeless, and tubed percutaneous nephrolithotomy for treating kidney stones - Wilhelm, K - 2023 | Cochrane Library - 8 month(s) ago
Collapse all Expand all Background Percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PNL) is the standard of care for removing large kidney stones (> 2 cm). Once the procedure is complete, different exiting strategies exist to manage the percutaneous tract opening, including placement of an external nephrostomy tube, placement of an internal ureteral stent, or no external or internal tube. The decision to…
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Stone-free rate with the 2-mm cutoff was achieved in 76% of patients who underwent mPCNL, compared with 46% of patients who underwent URS
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Mashup Score: 2'COVID-19 Diet' a Boon to Kidney Stone Patients - 11 month(s) ago
Reducing dining out during the pandemic resulted in lowered levels of sodium and calcium in the urine in patients with a history of kidney stones.
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Mashup Score: 2AUA 2023: Antimicrobial and Antibiofilm Properties of Chitosan: An Ex-Vivo Study on Kidney Stones - 11 month(s) ago
AUA 2023 kidney stone surface, stone removal procedures, ureteroscopy (URS) laser lithotripsy. percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL), URS and PCNL stone treatment, indwelling stents.
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Mashup Score: 1PCNL equipment whiteboard shown to improve surgical team communication - 12 month(s) ago
“Our data indicate that usage of a PCNL equipment whiteboard led to significant improvements in team perception of inter-disciplinary communication and case item selection accuracy,” says Jenny N. Guo, MD.
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Mashup Score: 9NEJM Journal Watch: Summaries of and commentary on original medical and scientific articles from key medical journals - 1 year(s) ago
NEJM Journal Watch reviews over 250 scientific and medical journals to present important clinical research findings and insightful commentary
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Thiazide diuretics have long been recommended to decrease recurrent nephrolithiasis in people with calcium stones. A randomized trial in @NEJM found that thiazides, compared with placebo, didn't prevent symptomatic stone events. https://t.co/1uOuZofJBR #KidneyStones #nephrology https://t.co/ZiWPYNmBGK
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A new study is raising questions about the effectiveness of medications long used to prevent painful kidney stones, but experts say there’s no reason for patients to toss their prescriptions out at this point.
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“There are some situations where I do place stents, but I am really trying to limit [my] amount of stent usage,” says Christopher Allam, MD.
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Eating Meat increases your risk of Kidney Stones! Is this claim true?? Watch: https://t.co/r5F4bsSNiS #kidneystones #kidneyhealth https://t.co/GLWjRfNWjg