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Shockwaves and the Rolling Stones: An Overview of Pediatric Stone Disease

Smeulders, N; Cho, A; Alshaiban, A; Read, K; Fagan, A; Easty, M; Minhas, K; ... Bockenhauer, D; + view all (2022) Shockwaves and the Rolling Stones: An Overview of Pediatric Stone Disease. Kidney International Reports 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.11.017. (In press). Green open access

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Abstract

Urinary stone disease is a common problem in adults, with an estimated 10% to 20% lifetime risk of developing a stone and an annual incidence of almost 1%. In contrast, in children, even though the incidence appears to be increasing, urinary tract stones are a rare problem, with an estimated incidence of approximately 5 to 36 per 100,000 children. Consequently, typical complications of rare diseases, such as delayed diagnosis, lack of awareness, and specialist knowledge, as well as difficulties accessing specific treatments also affect children with stone disease. Indeed, because stone disease is such a common problem in adults, frequently, it is adult practitioners who will first be asked to manage affected children. Yet, there are unique aspects to pediatric urolithiasis such that treatment practices common in adults cannot necessarily be transferred to children. Here, we review the epidemiology, etiology, presentation, investigation, and management of pediatric stone disease; we highlight those aspects that separate its management from that in adults and make a case for a specialized, multidisciplinary approach to pediatric stone disease.

Type: Article
Title: Shockwaves and the Rolling Stones: An Overview of Pediatric Stone Disease
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1016/j.ekir.2022.11.017
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ekir.2022.11.017
Language: English
Additional information: © 2022 International Society of Nephrology. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
Keywords: Children; lithotripsy; stone prevention; stone surgery; urolithiasis
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Renal Medicine
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > UCL GOS Institute of Child Health > Developmental Biology and Cancer Dept
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10164161
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