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.

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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.