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Jesús Maqueda Arellano1, Gonzalo Bueno Serrano1, María Pilar Alcoba García1
1Servicio de Urología. Hospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz. Madrid. España.
Abstract:
Acidifying treatment and control of urinary pH may be an effective strategy to address recurrent lithiasic disease secondary to infective calculi. We present the case of a 39-year-old man with bilateral urolithiasis that led to episodes of complicated Reno ureteral colic.After undergoing multiple treatments by retrograde endourological surgery, he presented recurrence and progression of lithiasis disease, finally requiring percutaneous approach for treatment of a coralliform stone, after which he was free of lithiasis. It was then decided to start treatment with an acidifying oral supplement and home pH control by means of an electronic medical device as a complement to the surgeries he underwent, thus achieving stability of the disease, with absence of urinary tract infection or lithiasis recurrence.The patient, with poor adherence to previous treatments, presented in this case a correct follow-up of the treatment, as well as a high level of satisfaction with it.
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