Margaret S. Pearle • Stephen Y. Nakada
Editors

2014

Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease is targeted at the practitioner interested in caring for patients with kidney stones. Kidney stone disease is a common condition, affecting nearly 1 in 11 individuals in the USA at some time in their lives. Furthermore, the risk of developing a stone does not disappear with passage or treatment of the stone, as recurrence rates for those who have had a stone approach 50 % at 5 years.