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Nephro-Urolithiasis Flashcards

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Who is affected by stones?

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  • Prevalance in the general population 2-3%
  • M:F ratio 3:1
  • Peak age in men is 30 years
  • Women biomodal peak 35 and 55 years
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What is the chance of stone recurrence?

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50% within 10 years (with 10% within a year)

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What is the commonest cause of urological emergency admission?

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Colic

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What types of kidney stones are there?

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  • Calcium oxalate 45%
  • Calcium oxalate + phosphate 255
  • Triple phosphate (infective) 20%
  • Calcium phosphate 3%
  • Uric acid 5%
  • Cystine 3%
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What are the signs and symptoms of kidney stones?

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  • Renal pain (fixed in loin)
  • Ureteric colic (radiating to groin)
  • Dysuria / haematuria / testicular or vulval pain
  • Urinary infection
  • Loin tenderness
  • Pyrexia
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How are kidney stones investigated?

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-Blood tests - FBP, U&E, Creatinine
-Calcium, Albumin, Urate
-Parathormone
-Urine analysis and culture
-24hr urine collections
-KUB x-ray
-Ultrasound
-IVU
-CT KUB
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What are the indications for surgical treatment of the stones?

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  • Obstruction.
  • Recurrent gross haematuria.
  • Recurrent pain and infection.
  • Progressive loss of kidney function.
  • Patient occupation
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What techniques are the for surgical treatment of stones?

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  • Opens surgery (now rare)
  • Endoscopic surgery
  • ESWL
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Why has open surgery been reduced as a treatment?

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Open stone surgery has been greatly reduced over the past two decades with the advent of PCNL and ESWL.

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What is the advantage of open surgery?

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Single procedure with the least recurrence rate

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What are the disadvantages of open surgery?

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  • Large scar
  • Long hospital stay
  • General wound complications
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What are the indications for open surgery?

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  • Non functioning infected kidney with large stones necessitating nephrectomy.
  • Cases which for technical reasons cannot be managed by PCNL or ESWL.
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Who may a simple partial and total nephrectomy be performed in?

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Non functioning kidney with large staghorn stones or elderly frail patients with complex stones and normal contralateral kidney

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What is the percentage of contralateral stone formation after total nephrectomy?

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Up to 30%

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What are the specific indication for PCNL?

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  • Large stone burden (risk of Steinstrasse)
  • Associated PUJ stenosis.
  • Infundibular stricture.
  • Calyceal diverticulum.
  • Morbid obesity or skeletal deformity.
  • ESWL resistant stones e.g. Cystine.
  • Lack of availability of ESWL.
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Briefly describe how PCNL is carried out.

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  • Guide wire
  • Retrograde catheter or balloon catheter
  • Contrast injected
  • Renal puncture guided by ultrasound or xray
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What are the contraindications for PCNL?

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  • Uncorrected coagulopathy.
  • Active Urinary Tract Infection.
  • Obesity or unusual body habitus unsuitable for X-ray tables.
  • Relative contraindications include small kidneys and severe perirenal fibrosis.
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What local complications can occur with PCNL?

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  • Pseudoaneurysm or AV fistula 0.5-1%
  • Pelvic tear 8-15%
  • Ureteral tear 5%
  • Stricture of PUJ 0.1-0.8%
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What is the risk of serious complications in PCNL?

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What injury can occur to adjacent organs in PCNL?

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  • Bowel injury 0.1%
  • Pneumothorax 0.1-0.3%
  • Liver, spleen very rare
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What systemic complications can occur with PCNL?

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  • Fever, sepsis 0.2-0.6%

- Myocardial infarction 0.1-0.4%

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What does ESWL stand for?

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Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy

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Briefly describe how ESWL works?

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  • ‘Simple’ stones too large to pass through
  • Shock waves crush stones
  • Smaller pieces pass out of body urine
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What is commonly used for renal and ureteric calculi as first line of treatment?

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How do new generation lithotripters compare to the old generation?
More powerful but less painful
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How is ESWL usually carried out?
As a day case with some simple analgesia
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When is ESWL not used as first line treatment?
Stones> 2cms
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When is ESWL not effective?
- Less effective for lower pole stones - Often ineffective for treating cysteine stones - If not effective after 2 treatments then further treatments not justified
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What are the indications for open ureterolithotomy?
- Not suitable for laparoscopic approach. | - Failed ESWL or ureteroscopy.
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What are the indications for ureteroscopy?
- Severe obstruction - Uncontollable pain - Persistent haematuria - Lack of progression - Failed ESWL - Patient occupation
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What is the standard instrument for treating lower ureteric stones?
Rigid ureteroscope with a 90-100% success rate
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What is the success rate of rigid ureteroscope in proximal stones?
60-70%
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What surgery can be carried out for ureteric stones?
- Flexible ureteroscopes - Flexible lithoclast - Holmium laser
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What is the risk of minor complications in ureteroscopy?
0-30%
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What is the risk of major complications in ureteroscopy?
Up to 8%
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What are the possible minor complications of urteroscopy?
- Haematuria - Fever - Small ureteric perforation - Minor vesico-reflux
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What are the possible major complications of ureteroscopy?
- Major ureteric perforation - Ureteric avulsion - Ureteral necrosis - Stricture formation
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How can bladder stones present?
- Suprapubic / groin / penile pain - Dysuria, frequency, haematuria - Urinary infection (persistent) - Sudden interruption of urinary stream
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How are most bladder stones treated?
Endoscopically
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How can larger bladder stones be treated?
Open excision
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