802 results match your criteria: "Pregnancy and Urolithiasis"
Medicina (Kaunas)
April 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 'Grigore T. Popa' University of Medicine and Pharmacy, 700115 Iasi, Romania.
Background and Objectives: Minimally invasive procedures, such as double-J ureteric stenting, could be a promising therapeutic alternative to conservative management of obstructive urinary tract pathology. We aimed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of double-J ureteric stenting in pregnant women with ureterohydronephrosis or urolithiasis, along with their infectious complications, and to assess the pregnancy outcomes of this cohort of patients in comparison with a control group. Materials and Methods: This observational retrospective study included 52 pregnant patients who underwent double-J ureteric stenting for urologic disorders in the Urology Department of ‘C.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFActas Urol Esp (Engl Ed)
June 2022
Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, USA. Electronic address:
Objective: Given the challenges involved in diagnosis and treatment of pregnant women with urolithiasis, we aim to review the imaging modalities and current endourological management of these patients.
Materials And Methods: We performed a review of the available literature on urolithiasis in pregnancy. This included evaluation, diagnostic imaging, and therapeutic options.
Int J Hematol
October 2022
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
BMJ Open
May 2022
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Ruian People's Hospital, Ruian, China.
Introduction: Urolithiasis affects many people throughout their lives. Among the maternal population, although the morbidity of acute urolithiasis in pregnant women is unremarkable, it is the leading cause of hospitalisation during pregnancy. There is no effective clinical diagnostic tool to help doctors diagnose diseases.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Ayub Med Coll Abbottabad
April 2022
Section of Urology, Department of Surgery, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan.
Background: Ureteroscopy (URS) is a safe and highly effective treatment option for treatment of ureteral calculi. With the advancement of technology, there is also expansion of its indications including use in early or emergency setting. This study aims to compare safety and efficacy of emergency ureteroscopy (EmURS) versus elective ureteroscopy (ElURS) for ureteral stones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCan Urol Assoc J
September 2022
Department of Urology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA, United States.
J Endourol
August 2022
Department of Transplant, Urology and Nephrology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin, Ireland.
Approximately 3% of pregnancies are complicated by symptomatic hydronephrosis and up to 0.8% with urolithiasis. Pain, coupled with the possibility of superimposed infection, increases the risks of premature labor and delivery, fetal loss, and caesarian sections.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Urol
March 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, 510120, China.
Background: Renal colic is a surgical emergency in pregnancy that is caused by a range of non-obstetric factors and known to occur more frequently during the second and third trimesters. Several studies have reported that up to 70-80% of stones pass spontaneously during pregnancy. There are some patients will not pass their stones and will ultimately require surgical intervention.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFFront Public Health
April 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, The First People's Hospital of Kunshan Affiliated With Jiangsu University, Suzhou, China.
Objective: The association between history of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and risk of kidney stones has not been reported. GDM increases the risk of long-term complications including diabetes, hypertension and metabolic syndrome, which are risk factors of kidney stones. This study aimed to explore the association between previous GDM and odds of kidney stones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCent European J Urol
December 2021
Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom.
Encrustation of ureteral stents can represent a complex challenge. Patients can require multiple intervention types as well as several operative sessions. Our aim was to establish a practical guide for managing such cases as well as an accompanying treatment algorithm.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFInt J Clin Pharmacol Ther
April 2022
Aim: The aim of this study was to analyze the association between widely used contraceptive methods and the manifestation of lower urinary tract infections (LUTI) in patients treated in gynecological practices in Germany.
Materials And Methods: This study was based on IQVIA Disease Analyzer database and includes a total of 133,638 females aged between 16 and 50 years who received an initial diagnosis of LUTI including cystitis (ICD-10: N39.0, N30.
World J Urol
March 2022
Department of Urology, University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
Introduction: Working in surgery while pregnant is challenging. Navigating this period safely is of paramount importance. Anecdotal observation suggests that there exists great variation among European nations in regard to maternity leave and radiation safety.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBMC Urol
November 2021
University of Minnesota, 420 Delaware St. S. E., MMC 394, Minneapolis, MN, 55455, USA.
Background: Nephrocalcinosis is often asymptomatic but can manifest with renal colic or hematuria. There is no reported association between nephrocalcinosis and renal vascular malformations, which may also be a source of hematuria. We herein present a case of a patient with hematuria related to nephrocalcinosis and renal papillary varicosities.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFProg Urol
November 2021
Centre Hospitalier universitaire de Grenoble, 38043 Grenoble cedex 9, France; TIMC-IMAG, CNRS 5525, La Tronche Cedex 9, France.
Introduction: The aims of this narrative review was to report on the contemporary data of renal colic (RC) in terms of epidemiology and pressure on emergency structures and also to describe the latest therapeutic developments about uncomplicated RC, depending on the pediatric, adult and pregnancy population.
Material And Methods: A request to the health surveillance network for emergencies and deaths (SurSaUD®, Santé Publique France) revealed original data on the contemporary epidemiology of renal colic. A narrative synthesis of the articles (French, English) available on the Pubmed database was produced in June 2021.
Comput Math Methods Med
January 2022
Department of Ultrasound, The First People's Hospital of Fuyang (Fuyang First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University Ben Giang College), Hangzhou, China 311400.
Objective: To explore the image enhancement model based on deep learning on the effect of ureteroscopy with double J tube placement and drainage on ureteral stones during pregnancy. We compare the clinical effect of ureteroscopy with double J tube placement on pregnancy complicated with ureteral stones and use medical imaging to diagnose the patient's condition and design a treatment plan.
Methods: The image enhancement model is constructed using deep learning and implemented for quality improvement in terms of image clarity.
J Lasers Med Sci
September 2021
Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Currently, lasers are used to treat many diseases and their complications. However, the use of lasers in pregnant patients is still controversial. In this review, the application of lasers in the fields of urology, surgery, obstetrics, dermatology, and musculoskeletal disorders is evaluated.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHinyokika Kiyo
July 2021
The Department of Urology, Yamagata Prefectural Central Hospital.
A 238-day-old female infant (122 days of age corrected for prematurity, weight 4,847 g) presented with macrohematuria. She was born at 23 weeks and3 days of pregnancy. Her birth weight was 492 g.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFChin Med J (Engl)
July 2021
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
J Vasc Interv Radiol
August 2021
Department of Imaging Sciences, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York.
This study evaluated outcomes for percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement in pregnant patients, including potential complications that required early, unplanned tube exchange. A retrospective review was conducted for 51 pregnant patients and a nonpregnant cohort matched 1:1 who received percutaneous nephrostomy tube placement between 2012 and 2020. Factors potentially contributing to unplanned tube exchanges were analyzed, including gestational age, prevalence and severity of hydronephrosis, presence of renal calculi, and serum calcium level.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Endourol
January 2022
Department of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
To determine the risk of postpartum urinary stone disease in women with a history of stone disease during pregnancy. Using the Optum de-identified Clinformatics Datamart we identified pregnant women with urinary stone disease in the United States between January 2003 to December 2017 by standardized International Classification of Diseases Ninth and Tenth Editions (ICD-9 and ICD-10), and Current Procedural Terminology code criteria. We limited the cohort to include women without evidence of urinary stone disease before pregnancy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Nephrol
October 2021
Kidney Disease Center, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Qingchun Road 79, Hangzhou, 31000, People's Republic of China.
Background: The effect of urolithiasis on pregnancy-related outcomes remains unknown. The aim of this study was to determine the risk of adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes.
Methods: We searched PubMed, Embase, and the Cochrane Library through December 2020 for studies reporting on adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes in patients with urolithiasis.
BMJ Case Rep
May 2021
Urology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India.
Urolithiasis is the most common non-obstetric complication in pregnancy and has the potential to cause grave consequences resulting in pregnancy loss. We present two such cases. First, a 24-year-old woman, 5 weeks pregnant with a history of urolithiasis presented with right flank pain and fever.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod
November 2021
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Community Studies, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Electronic address:
J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med
December 2022
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jewish General Hospital, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Purpose: To evaluate the effect of pregnancy on the clinical presentation, inpatient procedure rates, and length of hospital stay, on women with urolithiasis.
Materials And Methods: We carried out a matched cohort study using the United States' Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project-Nationwide Inpatient Sample database from 1999 to 2015. Pregnant women with urolithiasis were compared to age-matched non-pregnant women (1:1) with urolithiasis.
Elife
April 2021
Department of Medicine Solna, Clinical Epidemiology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Background: There are multiple known associations between the ABO and RhD blood groups and disease. No systematic population-based studies elucidating associations between a large number of disease categories and blood group have been conducted.
Methods: Using SCANDAT3-S, a comprehensive nationwide blood donation-transfusion database, we modeled outcomes for 1217 disease categories including 70 million person-years of follow-up, accruing from 5.