SynthesisWorld journal of urology2025
Antibiotic prophylaxis in stone surgery: a systematic review of the literature.
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- Which neurogenic bladder patients are at higher risk of sepsis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy?World journal of urology · 2025Pooled it
- Safety and efficacy of a flexible and navigable suction ureteral access sheath vs. a conventional intelligent pressure-control sheath in retrograde intrarenal surgery for infection-related renal calculi.International urology and nephrology · 2026Trial
- Between a stone and a hard place-Mortality from conservative management of kidney stone disease: Systematic review of the literature from the European Association of Urology Section of Endourology.Asian journal of urology · 2026Review
- A nomogram estimates postoperative urinary tract infection risk after upper urinary tract stone surgery with double-J stents.Scientific reports · 2026Observational
- Comment on: Persistent asymptomatic bacteriuria and infectious complications after retrograde intrarenal surgery-methodological considerations.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Persistent asymptomatic bacteriuria despite targeted antibiotic treatment predicts infectious complications after RIRS: a 10-year experience with 1122 procedures.World journal of urology · 2026Article
- Identification of risk factors and construction of a nomogram for predicting postoperative stone recurrence in patients with infective upper urinary tract stones.BMC urology · 2026Article
- Preoperative machine learning algorithm for predicting urosepsis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy using EMR data.Urolithiasis · 2025Article
- A novel nomogram for predicting stone-free status after retrograde intrarenal surgery in patients with kidney stones.BMC urology · 2025Article
- A novel preoperative risk score for predicting Urosepsis after percutaneous nephrolithotomy: validation and clinical application.Urolithiasis · 2025Article
- Beyond the sheath: unmasking true predictors of Post-fURS fever through propensitymatched precision.World journal of urology · 2025Article
- Efficacy and postoperative outcomes of kidney stone surgery in HIV-positive patients: A retrospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in urologyArticle
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Abstract
purposeEndoscopic lithotripsy has become widely adopted worldwide and is considered the gold standard for managing upper urinary tract lithiasis. One of its possible complications is post-operative infection. We aimed to review available literature about the role of preoperative antibiotic prophylaxis and its indications.
methodsWe performed a systematic search of the literature including "ureteroscopy", "PNL", "retrograde intrarenal surgery", "antibiotic prophylaxis" and "sepsis" as keywords. Out of 760 relevant studies only 13 met our inclusion criteria: at least 10 adult patients (≥ 18 years old) diagnosed with kidney or ureteral stones; antibiotic prophylaxis described and reported; post-operative sepsis, UTI or SIRS assessed.
conclusionsAntibiotic prophylaxis strategies for stone surgery show different degrees of effectiveness depending on both the approach and the patient's condition. Today's evidence suggests that while routine antibiotic prophylaxis might not be necessary for all patients with sterile urine undergoing ureterorenoscopy and lithotripsy vs. percutaneous nephrolithotripsy, for those patients with positive preoperative urine cultures it is beneficial reducing the risk of postoperative infective complications.
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