ReviewTherapeutic advances in urology2018
Contemporary best practice urolithiasis in pregnancy.
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- Outcomes of ureteroscopy and internal ureteral stent for pregnancy with urolithiasis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC urology · 2022Pooled it
- The role of pharmacological interventions in managing urological complications during pregnancy and childbirth: A review.Medicine · 2025Review
- Rapid Percutaneous Nephrostomy Stent Encrustation in Pregnancy: Navigating Your Stone Challenge.HCA healthcare journal of medicine · 2025Article
- Laterality of live-donor nephrectomy: does it have a urologic impact on post-donation pregnancy?BMC urology · 2024Article
- Urological Challenges during Pregnancy: Current Status and Future Perspective on Ureteric Stent Encrustation.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
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- Korean Society of Endourology and Robotics (KSER) recommendation on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of urolithiasis.Investigative and clinical urology · 2023Article
- Management of urolithiasis in pregnancy.Current urology · 2023Article
- Management of Kidney Stone Disease in Pregnancy: A Practical and Evidence-Based Approach.Current urology reports · 2022Review
- Role of Ultrasound in the Assessment and Differential Diagnosis of Pelvic Pain in Pregnancy.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Imaging of acute pelvic pain.The British journal of radiology · 2021Review
- Catastrophic complications of urolithiasis in pregnancy.BMJ case reports · 2021Article
- Urological issues in pregnancy: A review for urologists.Canadian Urological Association journal = Journal de l'Association des urologues du Canada · 2020Review
- Safety and efficacy of Tamsulosin as medical expulsive therapy in pregnancy.World journal of urology · 2020Article
- The Application of Retrograde Intrarenal Surgery to Remove a Single Large Kidney Stone During Pregnancy.Research and reports in urology · 2020Article
- The Changing Landscape of Acute Kidney Injury in Pregnancy from an Obstetrics Perspective.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
Urolithiasis is the most common nonobstetric complication in the gravid patient. The experience can provoke undue stress for the mother, fetus, and management team. The physiologic changes of pregnancy render the physical exam and imaging studies less reliable than in the typical patient. Diagnosis is further complicated by the need for careful selection of imaging modality in order to maximize diagnostic utility and minimize obstetric risk to the mother and ionizing radiation exposure to the fetus. Ultrasound remains the first-line diagnostic imaging modality in this group, but other options are available if results are inconclusive. A trial of conservative management is uniformly recommended. In patients who fail spontaneous stone passage, treatment may be temporizing or definitive. While temporizing treatments have classically been deemed the gold standard, ureteroscopic stone removal is now acknowledged as a safe and highly effective definitive treatment approach. Ultimately, a multidisciplinary, team-based approach involving the patient, her obstetrician, urologist, radiologist, and anesthesiologist is needed to devise a maximally beneficial management plan.
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