Highlights ■ Understanding the composition of urinary calculi is essential for guiding long-term treatment strategies. ■ This is the first study to correlate clinical data with crystallographic analysis of urinary stones. ■ Clinical criteria allow for a high likelihood of accurately identifying stone composition. ■ Clinical findings can serve as valuable tools for guiding treatment decisions. ABSTRACT Objective: This study aimed to evaluate whether clinical, laboratory, and radiological data could effectively identify struvite stones without the need for crystallographic analysis. […]

Most biliary stone diseases need to be treated surgically. However, in special cases that traditional biliary tract endoscopic access is not allowed, a multidisciplinary approach using hybrid technique with urologic instrumental constitute a treatment option. We report a case of a patient with complex intrahepatic stones who previously underwent unsuccessful conventional approaches, and who symptoms resolved after treatment with hybrid technique using an endourologic technology. We conducted an extensive literature review until October 2012 of manuscripts indexed in PubMed on […]