Once considered rare, pediatric nephrolithiasis has become a critical field of study in the last decade due to the rapid increase in incidence. Understanding the changing epidemiology and lifelong implications of pediatric stone disease is critically important to effectively manage the individual patient as well as identify risk factors for childhood onset that could be modified. Determining the role of diagnostic imaging in children is a unique challenge as limiting radiation and imaging stewardship should be priorities. Approaches to management have also changed, as technology continues to evolve and both medical and surgical options expand.
The Urologic clinics of North America. 2018 Sep 07 [Epub]
Diana K Bowen, Gregory E Tasian
Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3rd Floor, Wood Building, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. Electronic address: ., Division of Urology, Center for Pediatric Clinical Effectiveness, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 3rd Floor, Wood Building, 3401 Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.