Indications and Outcomes in Kidney-ureteral Pediatric Lithiasis: Experience of Parma

Indications and Outcomes in Kidney-ureteral Pediatric Lithiasis: Experience of Parma

Incidence of paediatric urolithiasis is increasing in Europe and North America. Nowadays the management of stone disease is a common practice in not endemic country. The surgical's treatment is based on similar techniques as for adults. In the last years due to miniaturization of endoscopic instruments endourology has become the best approach to treat urinary stones in children. The investigators have retrospectively reviewed experience from 01/01/2000 to 28/02/2019 in children ≤ 16 years old affected by urinary stones who underwent rigid and flexible ureterorenoscopy and pecutaneous nephrolitotripsy procedures and recorded clinical data, overall success rate and complication.

Inclusion Criteria:

• 0-17 yrs old, urinary stones (kidney, ureteral, not bladder), with or without malformations or metabolic diseases

Exclusion Criteria:

• none