Urolithiasis

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  Subject Areas on Research

  • Accuracy of endoscopic intraoperative assessment of urologic stone size. 
  • Admission rates and costs associated with emergency presentation of urolithiasis: analysis of the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample 2006-2009. 
  • Association of urolithiasis with systemic conditions among pediatric patients at children's hospitals. 
  • Changing practice locations for upper urinary tract stone disease. 
  • Comparison of the Nanopulse Lithotripter to the Holmium Laser: Stone Fragmentation Efficiency and Impact on Flexible Ureteroscope Deflection and Flow. 
  • Determination of patient radiation dose during ureteroscopic treatment of urolithiasis using a validated model. 
  • Emergent ureteric stent vs percutaneous nephrostomy for obstructive urolithiasis with sepsis: patterns of use and outcomes from a 15-year experience. 
  • Epidemiological trends in pediatric urolithiasis at United States freestanding pediatric hospitals. 
  • Estimating the nationwide, hospital based economic impact of pediatric urolithiasis. 
  • Imaging Advances in Urolithiasis. 
  • Imaging for urolithiasis: standards, trends, and radiation exposure. 
  • Imaging techniques for stone disease and methods for reducing radiation exposure. 
  • Is the Economic Impact and Utilization of Imaging Studies for Pediatric Urolithiasis Across the United States Increasing? 
  • Natural Progression of Canine Glycogen Storage Disease Type IIIa. 
  • Outcomes of Shock Wave Lithotripsy and Ureteroscopy for Treatment of Pediatric Urolithiasis. 
  • Outcomes of ureteroscopy. 
  • Practice patterns in the management of urinary lithiasis. 
  • Practice variation in the surgical management of urinary lithiasis. 
  • Prevalence of Hyperoxaluria in Urinary Stone Formers: Chronological and Geographical Trends and a Literature Review. 
  • Psychiatric Diagnoses and Other Factors Associated with Emergency Department Return within 30 Days of Ureteroscopy. 
  • Radiation exposure in the acute and short-term management of urolithiasis at 2 academic centers. 
  • Radiation exposure in the follow-up of patients with urolithiasis comparing digital tomosynthesis, non-contrast CT, standard KUB, and IVU. 
  • Shock wave lithotripsy: the new phoenix? 
  • The economics of stone disease. 
  • The impact of new methods of imaging on radiation dosage delivered to patients. 
  • Trends in imaging and surgical management of pediatric urolithiasis at American pediatric hospitals. 
  • Urolithiasis: not just a 2-legged animal disease. 
  • Use of the ureteral access sheath during ureteroscopy in children. 
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  Keywords of People

  • Preminger, Glenn Michael, James F. Glenn, M.D. Professor of Urology, Surgery
  • Routh, Jonathan Charles, Paul H. Sherman, M.D. Associate Professor of Surgery, Pediatrics