This document summarizes renal stone disease. It discusses the epidemiology and risk factors for stones. Imaging modalities for detection are described along with their sensitivities, specificities, and radiation doses. Initial management focuses on analgesia and medical expulsive therapy. Surgical and interventional treatment options are provided based on stone size and location. Evaluation of patients includes blood and urine tests to identify metabolic abnormalities. Specific causes and treatments of calcium, uric acid, and cystine stones are outlined.
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Why do we make kidney stones, how are they evaluated and how are they prevented?
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Kidney stone disease, also known as urolithiasis, is when a solid piece of material (kidney stone) occurs in the urinary tract. Kidney stones typically form in the kidney and leave the body in the urine stream. A small stone may pass without causing symptoms.
Why do we make kidney stones, how are they evaluated and how are they prevented?
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Buffalo Niagara / Western New York Area
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3. Risk factors
• Family history -> x2
• Ethnicity
oArabic
o West Indian
o West Asian
o Latin American
oEuropean
o African American
• Geography
• Obesity
• Comorbidity
oHyperparathyroidism
oCrohn’s
oGout
o RTA
• Diabetes mellitus
4. Imaging
• Renal colic
• Aortic aneurysm
• Non-obstructive pyelonephritis
• Retroperitoneal fibrosis
• KUB radiograph
• Simple but low accuracy
• CT scan
• 1/3 not stones
• Size and position (small -> more likely to spontaneously pass)
• Density (calcium 600 – 1200 HU; uric acid 200 – 400 HU)
6. Nat Rev Urol 2016 Nov/ 13(11):654-662
ACR / AUA do
not advocate as
first line
EAU only body
to do so
7. Initial management - analgesia
• Pain due to disordered ureteric
contraction associated with
obstruction
• Can adapt -> presentation does not
exclude obstruction
• NSAID
• 2 – 3x more effective than opiates
• Reduce ureteric contraction
frequency
• Unclear if useful after acute phase
8. Medical expulsive therapy
• Need to select stones likely to benefit
< 5 mm 5 – 10 mm > 10mm
• Tamsulosin 400mcg / day 2 – 4 weeks
• Reduced analgesic need in acute phase (reduced contraction amplitude)
• Good safety profile
• May consider ongoing NSAID
10. Interventional treatment
KIDNEY < 5 mm 5 – 20 mm > 20 mm
Surveillance (if
asymptomatic)
ESWL PCNL
LUMBAR < 5 mm 5 – 10 mm > 10 mm
MET (EWSL if
failure)
ESWL Uretoscopy
DISTAL URETER < 10 mm > 10 mm
MET and ESWL Rigid uretoscopy
MET – medical expulsion therapy
ESWL – extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
PCNL – percutaneous nephrolitomy
11. Extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy
• Fluroscopic / USS guidance to localise stone
• Shockwaves to fragment
• Stone composition and hardness
• Risk for steinstrasse if rapid fragmentation and expulsion
• Consideration of double-J stent prior
• Acute vasoconstriction -> reduction in eGFR
• No independent association with long term CKD risk
• Less effective in lower pole
12. Percutaneous nephrolithotomy
• Puncture of inferior calyx
• Tract dilatation
• Grasp and remove
• Direct USS
Laser fragmentation
• High infection and bleeding risk
13. Ureteroscopy
• Rigid or flexible endoscope
• Grasp / basket
• Can laser
• Risk of physical damage
14. Patient evaluation
• Stone analysis if available
Bloods Ca PO4 HCO3 PTH Uric acid
Urine Blood pH Infection
Metabolic
Urine
screen
Serum
oxalate
Age < 30
FHx
Multiple /
bilateral
Suggestive stone
composition
18. Calcium stones – metabolic issues
• Idiopathic
• Parathyroid
• High Na / Low K diet
Hypercalciuria
• Normally chelates calcium
• Rarely seen in isolation
• Renal tubular acidosis
Hypocituria
• Discussed later
• Also increased risk for Ca stonesHyperuricosuria
• End product of metabolism
• Dietary intake can be broken down in small
intestine
Hyperoxaluria
Calcium
phosphate
stones
Calcium
oxalate
stones
19. Calcium stones - treatment
RISK DIET INTERVENTION DRUG THERAPY
Low urine volume > 2.5 L fluid / day
High BMI Low salt diet (DASH)
Hypercalciuria Salt restrict / potassium increase
Moderate protein
Thiazide
Potassium citrate
Hypocitrauria Protein moderation
Lemon juice
Potassium citrate
Hyperoxaluria Oxalate restriction
Increase calcium intake
Pyridoxine (primary)
Hyperuricosuria Animal protein restrict Allopurinol
Low pH Animal protein restrict Alkalinisation
20. Uric acid stones - primary
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Animal protein
intake
Purine &
fructose intake
Low fluid
intake
Insulin
resistance
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Low urine pH
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
21. Uric acid stones – primary treatment
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Animal protein
intake
Purine &
fructose intake
Low fluid
intake
Glycaemic
control
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Low urine pH
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
22. Uric acid stones – primary treatment
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Reduce animal
protein intake
Purine &
fructose intake
Low fluid
intake
Glycaemic
control
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Low urine pH
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
23. Uric acid stones – primary treatment
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Reduce animal
protein intake
Reduce purine
& fructose
intake
Low fluid
intake
Glycaemic
control
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Low urine pH
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
24. Uric acid stones – primary treatment
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Reduce animal
protein intake
Reduce purine
& fructose
intake
2.5 – 3 L
Fluid
Glycaemic
control
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Low urine pH
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
25. Uric acid stones – primary treatment
Male
Genetic risk
Age, obesity,
DM2
Reduce animal
protein intake
Reduce purine
& fructose
intake
2.5 – 3 L
Fluid
Glycaemic
control
Reduced
urine volume
Increased UA
generation
Increased
acid load
Reduced renal
ammoniagenesis
Increased renal UA
excretion
Urine pH
>6.5
Increased UA
concentration
STONE
26. Urinary alkalinisation
• Potassium citrate (40 – 60 mEq/day)
• Potassium urate twice as soluble as sodium urate
• Sodium bicarbonate is acceptable alternative if not available / tolerated
• Can be used as an acute treatment (very amenable to ESWL)
• Allopurinol not first line therapy but can be required
27. Uric acid stones - secondary
• Chronic diarrhea -> fluid and base losses
• Fluid replace and offer alkali
• Myelo and lymphoproliferative disease
• Standard treatment approach
• Case reports of use of Rasburicase (recombinant urate oxidase)
• Tubular disease (Fanconi)
• Purine metabolism errors
28. Cystine stones
• Cystinuria IS NOT cystinosis
• 1% of stones
• Genetic disorder
• SLC3A1 / SLC7A9
• Testing not clinically routine (unless inheritance is a concern)
• Inadequate tubular reabsorption of cystine in both forms
• Supersaturation -> stones
• Tubular crystals -> fibrosis and atrophy
29. Cystine stones - diagnosis
• Stone analysis (urine microscopy; hexagonal crystals)
• Poorly seen on KUB
• Urine cystine quantification
• diagnosis and monitoring
• Cyanide-nitroprusside test lacks sensitivity / specificity
30. Cystine stones – treatment
• Often resistant to ESWL -> low threshold for PCNL
DIET SOLUBILITY CHELATION
Reduce
animal
protein
Reduce
sodium
Less
methionine ->
cystine prodn
Less cystine
excretion
Alkalinisation
Less cystine
excretion
>3 l oral fluids
Lower urinary
concn
Tiopronin
D-
penicillamine
31.
32. Cystine stones – treatment
• Often resistant to ESWL -> low threshold for PCNL
DIET SOLUBILITY CHELATION
Reduce
animal
protein
Reduce
sodium
Less
methionine ->
cystine prodn
Less cystine
excretion
Alkalinisation
Less cystine
excretion
>3 l oral fluids
Lower urinary
concn
Tiopronin
D-
penicillamine
33. Cystine stones - chelation
• Bind to create cysteine -> 50x more soluble
• D-penicillamine
• Poorly tolerated
• B6 supplementation
• Tiopronin
• Not UK license
• Import problems
• Much better tolerated
Editor's Notes
Men risk peaks age 40 – 60; women peaks in 20’s and then declines through life
Treatment / lifestyle modification halves risk for repeat stone formation
Southeast US – much greater risk than NW;
Obesity interacts with gender – men 30% women 100% if BMI >30
Diabetes prospectively increases risk in women > men
Lot sof other clinical consditions eg sarcoid, meduallry sponge kidney, GI issues e.g. short bowel
Hounsffield units: Water 0; Dense bone 1000; Air -1000
KUB better for larger stones (>5mm)
KUB does not appear!
USS complicated in the overweight; low dose CT lnot advocated by an imaging body in the overweight
USS has the advantage of describing the urinary tract e.g. what are the complications of the stone
EAU – european assocaition of urology
AUA – american urology association
ACR – American college of radiologists
Diagnosis – CT
Follow up USS / KUB
Nephrostory is sledinger technique – exactly as for a line….
Drugs
- lithium reduces parathyroid sens to Ca -> increased risk
Vit D
Corticosteroids
Dietary cCa restriction drives hyperoxaluria
Avoid loop diuretics
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Fundamentally, this is all about urine saturation – UA quantity and urine volume
Plus other factors that influence saturation – pH is key
Urine alk -> potassium citrate / bicarb
Get upH > 7.5 -> double solubility of cystine. Stops need to 5L fluids
If NaHCO3 needed then not as good but alk > Na restriction
Captopril does not have evidence base
Fluid needs to be spread out and monitored
Always carry
Wake overnight
Urine alk -> potassium citrate / bicarb
Get upH > 7.5 -> double solubility of cystine. Stops need to 5L fluids
If NaHCO3 needed then not as good but alk > Na restriction
Captopril does not have evidence base