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Nephrocalcinosis

1 May 2017 | Matthew Honore | Endourology and Stones

Case 1 What does this x-ray of the kidney, ureter and bladder (KUB) show? What are the likely causes? What is the pathology behind medullary sponge kidneys (MSK)? What is the risk of urolithiasis with MSK? How are such patients...

The burning issue of urinary tract infections

1 September 2018 | Emma Duffield, Bob Yang, Steve Foley | Infection, Functional Urology

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) occur when bacteria colonise and proliferate in the urinary tract. These are characterised by specific clinical symptoms (dysuria, suprapubic tenderness, urgency and urinary frequency) which commonly occur alongside the finding of bacteriuria. UTIs are common –...

Pyonephrosis: is the kidney always doomed?

9 March 2020 | Claudiu Cozman, Stephanie Smith, Stephen R Keoghane | Endourology and Stones

Pyonephrosis (Greek pyon ‘pus’ + nephros ‘kidney’) is defined in Campbell-Walsh Urology [1] as an infected hydro-nephrosis associated with suppurative destruction of the renal parenchyma which results in total or near total loss of renal function. The true incidence of...

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