Kidney Stones Research Today is a free monthly online journal that collates and summarizes the latest research about Kidney Stones, including details on causes, symptoms, treatment, diagnosis of nephrolithiasis, calculi.

Volume 5 (2008), Issue 5 (May)

1. Evaluation of the effects of relationships between main spatial lower pole calyceal anatomic factors on the success of shock-wave lithotripsy in patients with lower pole kidney stones.
   Urology, 71(5): 801-5. [Abstract] [Full-text]
2. Evaluation of a synchronous twin-pulse technique for shock wave lithotripsy: a prospective randomized study of effectiveness and safety in comparison to standard single-pulse technique.
   BJU Int, 101(11): 1420-6. [Abstract] [Full-text]
3. Long-term effects of extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy on renal function: our experience with 156 patients with solitary kidney.
   J Urol, 179(6): 2229-32. [Abstract] [Full-text]
4. Determinants of quality of life for patients with kidney stones.
   J Urol, 179(6): 2238-43; discussion 2243. [Abstract] [Full-text]
5. Long-term outcomes of percutaneous nephrolithotomy compared to shock wave lithotripsy and conservative management.
   J Urol, 179(6): 2233-7. [Abstract] [Full-text]
6. Gain-of-function haplotype in the epithelial calcium channel TRPV6 is a risk factor for renal calcium stone formation.
   Hum Mol Genet, 17(11): 1613-8. [Abstract] [Full-text]
7. Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with early increased risk factors for development of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis.
   J Am Coll Surg, 206(3): 1145-53. [Abstract] [Full-text]

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