Risk factors for recurrent urolithiasis in children.

Purpose: To identify risk factors associated with recurrent kidney stones in a paediatric cohort in a Belgian tertiary centre.

Study Design And Methods: Medical records of children with the first episode of urolithiasis between 1998 and 2016, followed at Ghent University Hospital initially and at least one-year follow-up were retrospectively reviewed. Patient characteristics, past medical history, presenting symptoms, the results of laboratory investigations and the applied management strategy were analysed.