Metabolic abnormalities and the medical management of calcium oxalate nephrolithiasis
Chandhoke, P.S.
Minerva Urologica e Nefrologica 57(1): 9-16
2005
ISSN/ISBN: 0393-2249 PMID: 15944517 Document Number: 587142
The lifetime prevalence of urolithiasis is approximately 12% for men and 7% for women in the United States and seems to be increasing; the cost of managing kidney stones continues to escalate. The most common kidney stones continue to be composed primarily of calcium and are an admixture of phosphate and oxalate. Of these, calcium oxalate stones are the most predominant. This review will focus only on the pathogenesis and medical management of calcium oxalate stones.