Objectives: To discuss a rare complication of extra corporeal shock wave lithotripsy (ESWL) of renal calculus in a paraplegic patient, who had marked curvature of thoracic and lumbar spine. Design: A ...

Background A 50-year-old man presented to an outpatient urology clinic with left-sided flank pain. He had received treatment for a left renal pelvis calculus 5 years earlier; shock wave lithotripsy ...

Is the use of live donors with renal calculi for kidney transplantation contraindicated in either of the following situations? If there is a history only of passage of renal calculi, but there are no ...

Patient 1 was a 73-year-old woman with a 30-year history of nephrolithiasis, as well as a history of rheumatoid arthritis and arterial hypertension. She had been treated with methotrexate, furosemide ...

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Kidney stones, medically termed as renal calculus, are hard, stone-like structures that form inside either or both the kidneys. These are formed due to the excess amount of certain minerals found in ...

WHAT IS A RENAL CALCULUS? - A renal calculus (kidney stone) is a concretion formed in the kidney. Subscribe today to access over 6,000 peer-reviewed clinical articles, exclusive learning units, ...

An unhealthy lifestyle and wrong eating habits affect our body adversely because of which we become victims to many harmful diseases. One of these diseases is kidney stones. Lately, this problem has ...

This page lists all known medications that could potentially lead to 'Calculus of kidney' as a side effect. It's important to note that mild side effects are quite common with medications. The ...