Clinical Management of Urolithiasis

Epidemiology.-Imaging.-Acute Flank Pain.-Observations vs. Active Treatment.-Treatment Decisions.-Shock Wave Lithotripsy.-Shock Wave Lithotripsy: Opinion - The Ideal Machine.-Ureteroscopy.-Ureteroscopy: Opinion - No Access Sheath.-Ureteroscopy :Opinion - No Stents.-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy.-Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy : Opinion: - Supine Position.-Laparoscopic.-Pediatric Stones.-Stones in Pregnancy.-Stones in Exceptional Situations.-Metabolic Work-up.-Dietary Stone Prevention.-Dietary Stone Prevention : Opinion - High/Low Calcium, Oxlate Restriction.-Pharmacological Stone Prevention.

Thomas Knoll attended the University of Heidelberg Medical School, where he received his M.D. degree in 1998. He completed his Urology and General Surgery residency at Mannheim University Hospital and became a staff member and vice-chair at the Department of Urology, Mannheim University Hospital in 2004 and 2007, respectively. In 2004, he received his Ph.D. and M.Sc. degrees for scientific work on urinary stone disease and health economics, respectively. Professor Knoll is currently Professor and Chair of Urology at the Department of Urology, Klinikum Sindelfingen, University of Tübingen. His research interests focus on minimally invasive treatments for urinary stone disease and benign prostatic hyperplasia. In his clinical practice, he mainly performs endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures for benign and malignant urological diseases. He has published and spoken extensively in his areas of interest. Professor Knoll serves as Vice-Chair of the Urolithiasis Guidelines Group of the European Association of Urology and as Chairman of the German Working Group. He is a member of the editorial boards of several peer-reviewed journals and does intensive review work for many urological journals. In 2005, he received the German Urological Society's Wolfgang Hepp Award for his extensive scientific work on urolithiasis. He serves on the Urology Residency Review Committee of the Southwestern German Medical Association.

Margaret S. Pearle attended the University of Chicago, where she received her B.A. in Biology and M.S. in Biochemistry.  She continued at the University of Chicago in the Medical Scientist Training Program, receiving her M.D. and Ph.D. degrees in 1985 and 1987, respectively.  She completed her Urology residency at Northwestern University and then undertook fellowship training in Endourology and Minimally Invasive Surgery at Washington University, St. Louis, under the direction of Dr. Ralph Clayman. Dr. Pearle is currently Professor and Vice-Chair of Urology,

From the reviews:"This book summarizes the contemporary management, treatment, and prevention of urolithiasis. ... The chapters are concise and contain excellent tables, diagrams, radiologic images, and operative photographs. ... This book meets its every objective. The audience is broad. It includes urologists at all levels of training, nephrologists, primary care physicians, emergency care physicians, medical students, nutritionists, and nurses. ... I strongly recommend this book to any clinician who has patients with urolithiasis. Moreover, it should be on every urologist's bookshelf." (Sanjay Kasturi, Doody's Review Service, February, 2013)