Department of Pediatric Urology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1600 7th Avenue South, Lowder Suite 318, Birmingham, AL 35233, USA.
Department of Urology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin, 9000 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA.
Urol Clin North Am. 2023 Aug;50(3):465-475. doi: 10.1016/j.ucl.2023.04.009. Epub 2023 May 19.
Pediatric nephrolithiasis is less common in children than in adults but the incidence has been rising rapidly, and it is now a public health and economic burden in the United States. There are challenges unique to children that should be taken into consideration when evaluating and managing pediatric stone disease. In this review, we present the current research on risk factors, emerging new technologies for treatment of stones and recent investigations on prevention of stones in this population.
小儿肾结石在儿童中比在成人中少见,但发病率却在迅速上升,目前在美国已成为公共卫生和经济负担。在评估和治疗小儿结石病时,应考虑到儿童特有的一些挑战。在这篇综述中,我们介绍了目前关于该人群结石危险因素、新兴治疗技术以及结石预防的研究进展。