1. Comparison of supine–prone percutaneous nephrolithotomy methods in the treatment of kidney stones in pediatric patients: prospective randomized study

   • Recep Eryılmaz
   • Kasım Ertas
   • Kerem Taken

   Research Open access 02 May 2024 Article: 73

2. The association between renal pelvis urine density and the risk of severe infectious complications in patient with symptom-free hydronephrosis after shock wave lithotripsy: a multi-center prospective study

   • Dongmei Liu
   • Junlong Liu
   • Song Bai

   RESEARCH 29 April 2024 Article: 72

   

3. Analysis of factors affecting intraoperative hemorrhage during percutaneous nephrolithotomy and establishment of nomogram model

   • Jianghao Xu
   • Lu Ji
   • Yunyan Wang

   Research 25 April 2024 Article: 71

   

4. Flank versus prone position in percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies

   • Changjian Zheng
   • Hongmei Yang
   • Lin Yang

   REVIEW 25 April 2024 Article: 70

   

5. Urgent ureterorenoscopy as a primary treatment for ureteral stone: why not?

   • Ramazan Uğur
   • İlyas Yağmur

   Research Open access 23 April 2024 Article: 69

6. A retrospective cohort study: evaluating the efficacy of standard versus tubeless percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL) in pediatric patients up to 18 years old

   • Kian Kiani
   • Shahriar Amirhasani
   • Abbas Moradi

   RESEARCH 18 April 2024 Article: 68

7. Analyzing global research trends and focal points in the utilization of laser techniques for the treatment of urolithiasis from 1978 to 2022: visualization and bibliometric analysis

   • Faris Abushamma
   • Sa’ed H. Zyoud

   Research 17 April 2024 Article: 67

   

8. Prone vs supine percutaneous nephrolithotomy: does position affect renal pelvic pressures?

   • Ala’a Farkouh
   • Kyu Park
   • D. Duane Baldwin

   Research Open access 17 April 2024 Article: 66

   

9. Extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy: retrospective study on possible predictors of treatment success and revisiting the role of non-contrast-enhanced computer tomography in kidney and ureteral stone disease

   • Beatriz Oliveira
   • Bernardo Teixeira
   • Vítor Cavadas

   Research Open access 17 April 2024 Article: 65

   

10. Develop a radiomics-based machine learning model to predict the stone-free rate post-percutaneous nephrolithotomy

    • Xin Chang Zou
    • Cheng Wei Luo
    • Hai Chao Chao

    Research 13 April 2024 Article: 64

    

11. Carboxymethylated Rhizoma alismatis polysaccharides reduces the risk of calcium oxalate stone formation by reducing cellular inflammation and oxidative stress

    • Zhi Wang
    • Li Liu
    • Jian-Ming Ouyang

    Research 13 April 2024 Article: 63

    

12. Antioxidant activity and Inhibitory effects of Cydonia oblonga Miller. leaves extracts against calcium oxalate stones

    • Ibtissam Elhadri
    • Latifa Baddade
    • Mohamed Berkani

    Research 10 April 2024 Article: 62

    

13. Gaps in kidney stone disease management: From clinical theory to patient reality

    • Agnieszka Pozdzik
    • Viridiana Grillo
    • Khashayar Sakhaee

    Review Open access 09 April 2024 Article: 61

    

14. Proof-of-concept for a novel nanotechnology-based treatment for urolithiasis

    • Ian Houlihan
    • Benjamin Kang
    • Smita De

    Research Open access 06 April 2024 Article: 60

    

15. Comparison of safety and efficacy of tubeless vs. conventional mini percutaneous nephrolithotomy in patients with Escherichia coli bacteriuria

    • Shidong Deng
    • Dayong Guo
    • Huihui Zhang

    Research 03 April 2024 Article: 59

16. A proposed mathematical model to help preoperative planning between RIRS and MiniPerc for renal stones between 10 and 20 mm using holmium:Yag laser (Cyber Ho): the stone management according to size-hardness (SMASH) score

    • D. Perri
    • F. Mazzoleni
    • G. Bozzini

    Research 02 April 2024 Article: 58

17. The impact of crystal phase transition on the hardness and structure of kidney stones

    • Uta Michibata
    • Mihoko Maruyama
    • Yusuke Mori

    Research Open access 02 April 2024 Article: 57

    

18. Area of hydronephrosis is a useful predictive factor of impacted ureteral stones

    • Yuya Iwahashi
    • Yasuo Kohjimoto
    • Isao Hara

    Research Open access 02 April 2024 Article: 56

    

19. STUB1 exacerbates calcium oxalate-induced kidney injury by modulating reactive oxygen species-mediated cellular autophagy via regulating CFTR ubiquitination

    • Yi Hou
    • Changkun Huang
    • Bin Zhu

    Research 02 April 2024 Article: 55

    

20. High ambient temperature impact on the pattern of emergency-room visits due to renal colic in the Middle East

    • Orel Hemo
    • Arad Dotan
    • Dorit E. Zilberman

    Research 02 April 2024 Article: 54

    

21. Variation coefficient of stone density and renal cortical thickness: the parameters evaluating non-contrast computed tomography imaging for predict extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy success

    • Yusuf Arikan
    • Mithat Eksi
    • Saglam Cd. No

    Research 02 April 2024 Article: 53

    

22. Cymbopogon proximus and Petroselinum crispum seed ethanolic extract/Gum Arabic nanogel emulsion: Preventing ethylene glycol and ammonium chloride-induced urolithiasis in rats

    • Hend A. Essa
    • Alaa M. Ali
    • Mona A. Saied

    Research Open access 02 April 2024 Article: 52

    

23. Phagocytosis model of calcium oxalate monohydrate crystals generated using human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived macrophages

    • Tomoki Okada
    • Atsushi Okada
    • Takahiro Yasui

    Research 30 March 2024 Article: 51

    

24. Efficacy of flexible ureterorenoscopy with holmium laser in the management of calyceal diverticular calculi

    • Shi-Ping Zeng
    • Yi-Fei Sun
    • Ke-Fei Deng

    RESEARCH Open access 30 March 2024 Article: 50

    

25. Getting hot in here! Comparison of Holmium vs. thulium laser in an anatomic hydrogel kidney model

    • Christopher Wanderling
    • Aaron Saxton
    • Ahmed Ghazi

    Research 23 March 2024 Article: 49

    

26. Optimal duration of medical expulsive therapy for lower ureteral stones: a critical evaluation

    • Erhan Erdoğan
    • Gamze Şimşek
    • Kemal Sarıca

    Research Open access 23 March 2024 Article: 48

27. Deficient butyrate metabolism in the gut microbiome: an emerging risk factor for recurrent kidney stone disease

    • Fu-Xiang Lin
    • Zhan-Ping Xu

    Correspondence 23 March 2024 Article: 47

28. N-acetylcysteine regulates oxalate induced injury of renal tubular epithelial cells through CDKN2B/TGF-β/SMAD axis

    • Wei Cao
    • Jingbo Zhang
    • Ruihua An

    Research 23 March 2024 Article: 46

    

29. Urinary tract infection after flexible ureterorenoscopy for urolithiasis in patients with positive treated preoperative urinalysis

    • Jeanne Simon
    • François Kleinclauss
    • Alexandre Frontczak

    Research 11 March 2024 Article: 45

    

30. Blood metabolites mediate the impact of lifestyle factors on the risk of urolithiasis: a multivariate, mediation Mendelian randomization study

    • Zhilong Li
    • Houyi Wei
    • Xinghuan Wang

    Research 07 March 2024 Article: 44

    

31. Comparison of ureteral stone measurements for predicting the efficacy of a single session of extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy: one-, two-, and three-dimensional computed tomography measurements

    • Meng Wang
    • Yueyue Zhang
    • Yingchun Zhang

    Research 05 March 2024 Article: 43

    

32. The role of non-ureolytic bacteria in the formation of urinary stones: what remains to be discovered

    • Gaoxiang Zhou
    • Shike Zhang
    • Wenqi Wu

    Correspondence 05 March 2024 Article: 42

33. Deciding on a novel predictive value to gauge how well patients with lower ureteric stones respond to medical expulsive therapy

    • Mohammed Ghanim Alwan
    • Montadhar Hameed Nima
    • Najah Raham Rashid

    Research 05 March 2024 Article: 41

34. Establishment and application of a nomogram diagram for predicting calcium oxalate stones in patients with urinary tract stones

    • Guanhua Zhu
    • Lichen Jin
    • Feng Zhou

    RESEARCH Open access 01 March 2024 Article: 40

    

35. The fate of clinically insignificant residual fragments following retrograde intrarenal surgery and factors affecting spontaneous passage

    • Samet Senel
    • Kazim Ceviz
    • Antonios Koudonas

    Research 28 February 2024 Article: 39

36. Deficient butyrate metabolism in the intestinal microbiome is a potential risk factor for recurrent kidney stone disease

    • Wai Ho Choy
    • Ava Adler
    • Dirk Lange

    RESEARCH 28 February 2024 Article: 38

    

37. Comparing outcomes of single-use vs reusable ureteroscopes: a systematic review and meta analysis

    • Mikhael Belkovsky
    • Carlo Camargo Passerotti
    • Jose Arnaldo Shiomi Da Cruz

    Review 28 February 2024 Article: 37

    

38. Acoustic emission of kidney stones: a medical adaptation of statistical breakdown mechanisms

    • Jack T. Eckstein
    • Oliver J. Wiseman
    • Ekhard K. H. Salje

    Research Open access 20 February 2024 Article: 36

    

39. Molecular mechanism of Rhizoma Polygonati in the treatment of nephrolithiasis: network pharmacology analysis and in vivo experimental verification

    • Yuexian Xu
    • Hu Liang
    • Zongyao Hao

    RESEARCH 20 February 2024 Article: 35

    

40. Ureteral stricture formation after endoscopic removal of obstructing stones: could it be predicted with well-assessed radiological parameters?

    • Cahit Sahin
    • Yavuz Karaca
    • Kemal Sarica

    Research 19 February 2024 Article: 34

    

41. Antegrade flexible ureteroscopy-assisted percutaneous nephrolithotomy for staghorn calculi: a prospective randomized controlled study

    • Yuanjiong Qi
    • Haonan Xing
    • Shiyong Qi

    RESEARCH Open access 10 February 2024 Article: 33

    

42. Multicentric evaluation of high and low power lasers on RIRS success using propensity score analysis

    • Eren Erol
    • Gokhan Ecer
    • Selçuk Güven

    RESEARCH Open access 10 February 2024 Article: 32

    

43. RIRS with FV-UAS vs. MPCNL for 2–3-cm upper urinary tract stones: a prospective study

    • Du-Jian Wang
    • Ping Liang
    • Rong-Zhen Tao

    Correspondence 10 February 2024 Article: 31

    

44. Confirmation of negative urine culture status after appropriate antibiotic treatment prior to endourological stone procedures: Is it really necessary?

    • Cahit Sahin
    • Resul Sobay
    • Kemal Sarica

    Research Open access 08 February 2024 Article: 30

    

45. Is traditional stone clinic the optimal use of NHS resources?

    • Joel Corkill
    • Adrian Sale
    • Edward Jefferies

    Research 01 February 2024 Article: 29

    

46. Association between urinary lithiasis, other than struvite by crystallography and non-ureolytic bacteria

    • Jackson da Cruz Machado
    • Juan Miguel Renteria
    • José Eduardo Ferreira Manso

    Research 20 January 2024 Article: 28

47. Reducing hand radiation during renal access for percutaneous nephrolithotomy: a comparison of radiation reduction techniques

    • Ricky Chen
    • Eun Hye Joo
    • D. Duane Baldwin

    Research Open access 13 January 2024 Article: 27

    

48. Place of urolithiasis in the spectrum of urological pathologies, practices and use of endourological procedures in the management of calculi of the upper urinary tract: results of a survey of referral centres in Africa

    • Saleh Abdelkerim Nedjim
    • Marcella D. C. Biyouma
    • Rachid Aboutaieb

    Research 12 January 2024 Article: 26

    

49. Clinical patterns and implications of prescription opioid use in a pediatric population for the management of urolithiasis in the emergency room

    • Ridwan Alam
    • Jared S. Winoker
    • Brian R. Matlaga

    Research 10 January 2024 Article: 25

50. Mixed stones: urinary stone composition, frequency and distribution by gender and age

    • Roswitha Siener
    • Jakob Rüdy
    • Albrecht Hesse

    Research Open access 08 January 2024 Article: 24