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Renal Calculus Disease

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Abstract

Once considered a rare and benign disease, pediatric urolithiasis has recently shown an increased incidence. The sex distribution may also be different in children, with a female preponderance in the second decade of life. The characteristic feature of pediatric stone disease is the frequency of an underlying metabolic etiology, with 50% of children under 10 years of age with stone disease, having an underlying metabolic disorder. In this chapter, we will address the differences between stone disease in children and adults and recently observed trends/shifts in pediatric nephrolithiasis, as well as advances in pathophysiology and treatment strategies, and future directions.

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Kovacevic, L.G., Lakshmanan, Y. (2022). Renal Calculus Disease. In: Puri, P. (eds) Pediatric Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38482-0_174-1

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