Usefulness and acceptability of a Smart pH meter and mobile medical App as a monitoring tool in patients with urolithiasis: short-term prospective study.

Original Article: Usefulness and Acceptability of a Smart pH Meter and Mobile Medical App as a Monitoring Tool in Patients with Urolithiasis: Short-term Prospective Study.

Objective: An accurate strategy for regularly measuring urine pH is the use of portable electronic pH meters. This study evaluated the usefulness and acceptability of the smart Lit-Control® pH Meter connected with a companion mobile medical application (myLit-Control(R) App) used by patients with urolithiasis for home monitoring of urine pH.

[Metabolic diagnosis.].

Kidney stones is a prevalent condition with a rising incidence in the last few decades. Diseasere lapse is an especially important issue, that requires further investigations in order to prevent new episodes. Adequate work up must be suited to patients´ characteristics such as age and the presence of risk factors forrecurrence.

[Holmium laser prostate enucleation. All we should aim for.].

Objective: Prostate enucleation is becoming more relevant within BPH treatment. Nowadays is probably the gold standard for enucleation. Several studies have shown holmium laser as the most frequently used safe and efficient energy source.

Reduction of ureteral stent encrustation by modulating the urine pH and inhibiting the crystal film with a new oral composition: a multicenter, placebo controlled, double blind, randomized clinical trial.

Background: Encrustation of ureteral double J stents is a common complication that may affect its removal. The aim of the proposed study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of a new oral composition to prevent double J stent encrustation in indwelling times up to 8 weeks.

Methods: A double-blinded, multicenter, placebo-controlled trial was conducted with 105 patients with indwelling double J stents enrolled across 9 public hospitals in Spain.