A.G. Berezhnoy, S.S. Dunaevskaya
Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University,
Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
The article presents historical data showing the following: how methods for the treatment of urolithiasis have been developed and improved; how endoscopic equipment has been introduced and modernized; how the prevention of postoperative complications and metaphylaxis of recurrent stone formation have changed recently. Approaches to choosing the surgical treatment method depend on many individual factors (localization, concretion size and density, the presence of complicating disease factors) and are personalized. Attention to this problem is focused because of the large number of patients suffering from urolithiasis (at least 3% of the population). Modern diagnostics and treatment technologies are able to sanitize and get rid of the stone of almost any patient, as the working-age population suffers from it, as a rule — these are highly qualified specialists who are forced to be treated for a long time due to urolithiasis complications or relapse. The general social signific ance of this disease, which can haunt a person throughout life, determines the need to study the pathogenetic mechanisms of stone formation, methods of metaphylaxis and to reduce the number of invasive methods for removing urinary tract concretions, which have many dangerous complications leading to a decrease in working capacity.
Keywords: urolithiasis, kidney, surgical treatment, shock wave lithotripsy, ureterorenoscopy, contact ureterolithotripsy, percutaneous nephrolitholapaxy.
For citation: Berezhnoy A.G., Dunaevskaya S.S. Modern surgical methods for the treatment of urolithiasis. Russian Medical Inquiry. 2021;5(3):–122. DOI: 10.32364/2587-6821-2021-5-3-118-122.
About the authors:
Aleksandr G. Berezhnoy — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor of the Department of Urology, Andrology and Sexology, Institute of Postgraduate Education, Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University; 1, Partisana Zheleznyaka str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0002-7487-8671.
Svetlana S. Dunaevskaya — Dr. of Sci. (Med.), Professor of the Department of General Surgery named after Prof. M.I. Gulman, Prof. V.F. Voino-Yasenetsky Krasnoyarsk State Medical University; 1, Partisana Zheleznyaka str., Krasnoyarsk, 660022, Russian Federation; ORCID iD 0000-0003-2820-4737.
Contact information: Svetlana S. Dunaevskaya, e-mail: vikto-potapenk@yandex.ru. Financial Disclosure: no authors have a financial or property interest in any material or method mentioned. There is no conflict of interests. Received 11.02.2021, revised 27.02.2021, accepted 15.03.2021.
