Pediatric urolithiasis--does body mass index influence stone presentation and treatment?

Purpose: Pediatric obesity is a major public health concern in the United States. We investigated the association of body mass index with presentation and outcome in children with urolithiasis.

Materials And Methods: We identified all patients 2 to 18 years old at our institution with a radiographically confirmed first renal or ureteral stone between January 2003 and June 2008.