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Advances in Nutrition, 2023 Kidney stone disease (KSD) (alternatively nephrolithiasis or urolithiasis) is a global health care problem that affects people in almost all of developed and developing countries. Its prevalence has been continuously increasing with a high recurrence rate after stone removal.
Paleerath Peerapen, Visith Thongboonkerd
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BMC Nephrology, 2023 Aim Our aim in this study was primarily to assess the relationship between visceral adiposity index (VAI) and the risk of kidney stones and kidney stone recurrence in US adults.
Dan Liang, Chang Liu, Mei Yang
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BMC Urology, 2022 Background Kidney stone is the major cause of morbidity, and its prevalence is increasing in the world. This study aimed to assess the prevalence and risk factors of kidney stone in the adult population of southern Iran based on the data of the Kharameh ...
Leila Moftakhar +5 more
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Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2021 We aimed to examine the association between metabolic syndrome and the risk of kidney stone development in a large-scale community-based cohort. A total of 121,579 participants enrolled in the Taiwan Biobank were analyzed.
Che-Wei Chang +2 more
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Vascular calcification on the risk of kidney stone: a meta-analysis
Renal Failure, 2023 Background The association between vascular calcification (VC) and kidney stone is still inconclusive. Therefore, we conducted a meta-analysis to estimate the risk of kidney stone disease in subjects with VC.Methods To identify publications from related ...
Linxi Huang +5 more
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Lipids in Health and DiseaseBackground Recent interest in the Non-High Density to High Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol ratio (NHHR) has emerged due to its potential role in metabolic disorders.
Yuan-Zhuo Du +7 more
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Scientific Reports, 2022 The risk of kidney stone presentations increases after hot days, likely due to greater insensible water losses resulting in more concentrated urine and altered urinary flow.
Jason Kaufman +5 more
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Kidney Stone Disease: An Update on Current Concepts
Advances in Urology, 2018 Kidney stone disease is a crystal concretion formed usually within the kidneys. It is an increasing urological disorder of human health, affecting about 12% of the world population. It has been associated with an increased risk of end-stage renal failure.
Tilahun Alelign, Beyene Petros
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Nature Reviews Disease Primers, 2016 Kidney stones are mineral deposits in the renal calyces and pelvis that are found free or attached to the renal papillae. They contain crystalline and organic components and are formed when the urine becomes supersaturated with respect to a mineral. Calcium oxalate is the main constituent of most stones, many of which form on a foundation of calcium ...
Khan, Saeed R +7 more
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Different failure rates of insertion of 10/12-Fr ureteral access sheaths during retrograde intrarenal surgery in patients with and without stones [PDF]
Investigative and Clinical Urology, 2022 Purpose: The aim of this study was to compare the failure rates of insertion of a 10/12-Fr ureteral access sheath (UAS) during retrograde intrarenal surgery (RIRS) in cases with and without stones and to analyze the risk factors for UAS insertion failure.
Yuma Waseda +4 more
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