2007 Guideline for the Management of Ureteral Calculi

Abstract

The American Urological Association Nephrolithiasis Clinical Guideline Panel was established in 1991. Since that time, the Panel has developed three guidelines on the management of nephrolithiasis, the most recent being a 2005 update of the original 1994 Report on the Management of Staghorn Calculi.¹ x 1 Preminger GM, Assimos DG, Lingeman JE, Nakada SY, Pearle MS and Wolf JS Jr: Report on the management of staghorn calculi. http://www.auanet.org/guidelines. Accessed September 5, 2007. Google Scholar See all References The European Association of Urology began their nephrolithiasis guideline project in 2000, yielding the publication of Guidelines on Urolithiasis, with updates in 2001 and 2006.² x 2 Tiselius H-G, Ackermann D, Alken P, Buck C, Conort P, Gallucci M et al: Guidelines on urolithiasis. http://www.uroweb.org/nc/professional-sources/guidelines/online. Accessed September 5, 2007. Google Scholar See all References While both documents provide useful recommendations on the management of ureteral calculi, changes in shock-wave lithotripsy technology, endoscope design, intracorporeal lithotripsy techniques, and laparoscopic expertise have burgeoned over the past five to ten years.