Renal culculi are commonly known as kidney stones and consist of usually crystalline deposits that accumulate in the kidney. These deposits vary in size, and most contain calcium oxalate. Desmodium ...

When evaluating stone factors, location is the first consideration in developing treatment strategies for urinary calculi. Calyceal calculi. The renal calyces are the most common location for ...

Significantly higher frequencies of renal calculi were found among the 625 parents and sibs of 106 subjects prone to calcium oxalate stone formation as compared with 576 corresponding relatives of ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

The number of people in the United States with renal stones has been increasing over the past 20 years. White people are more prone to kidney stones than are black people. Although stones generally ...