Stones: Evaluation and Medical Management: Difference between revisions
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**** '''Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) deficiency supplementation is recommended''' | **** '''Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) deficiency supplementation is recommended''' | ||
===Infection/Struvite stones=== | ===Infection/Struvite stones=== | ||
*'''The preferred management of struvite calculi involves aggressive surgical approaches''' | *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">The preferred management of struvite calculi involves aggressive surgical approaches''' | ||
**'''The medical management of infection calculi centers on the prevention of recurrence, rather than medical dissolution.''' | **'''The medical management of infection calculi centers on the prevention of recurrence, rather than medical dissolution.''' | ||
*'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Acetohydroxamic acid (AHA) may be offered to patients with residual or recurrent struvite stones only after surgical options have been exhausted.</span>''' | *'''<span style="color:#ff0000">Acetohydroxamic acid (AHA) may be offered to patients with residual or recurrent struvite stones only after surgical options have been exhausted.</span>''' | ||