Medical and Surgical Management of Urolithiasis, An Issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, 1st Edition
This item will be released on 08-28-2025
In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Brian Richard Matlaga and Ojas Shah bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medical and Surgical Management of Urolithiasis. Top experts provide focused discussions on the metabolic and medical aspects of kidney stone management as well as advances in surgical therapies.
In this issue of Urologic Clinics of North America, guest editors Drs. Brian Richard Matlaga and Ojas Shah bring their considerable expertise to the topic of Medical and Surgical Management of Urolithiasis. Top experts provide focused discussions on the metabolic and medical aspects of kidney stone management as well as advances in surgical therapies.
Key Features
- Contains 14 relevant, practice-oriented topics, including non-pharmacologic methods of stone risk reduction: diet and supplements; laser lithotripsy strategies; robotic surgery for stone disease; quality of life measures for kidney stone patients; AI and machine-based learning for stone management; and much more
- Provides in-depth clinical reviews on medical and surgical management of urolithiasis, offering actionable insights for clinical practice
- Presents the latest information on this timely, focused topic under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews
Author Information
Edited by Brian Richard Matlaga, MD, MPH, Director, The Stephens Center for Stone Disease, Professor of Urology, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA and Ojas Shah, MD, George F. Cahill Professor of Urology, Director of the Division of Endourology and Stone Disease, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, USA
