Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease addresses areas of controversy regarding the evaluation and management of recurrent stone formers and provides the best available evidence to support or refute common common drug and dietary recommendations. Aimed at dispelling common myths about preventative stone treatment, this book provides practical recommendations for the diagnositic evaluation and treatment and recurrent calcium calcium stone formers, but addresses uric acid and cystine stone formers.Written by experts in stone disease, Practical Controversies in Medical Management of Stone Disease is a concise yet comprehensive resource that provides the best, current evidence supporting medical practices regarding kidney stone prevention. The book will be of value to anyone involved in the medical care of patients with kidney stones, including urologists, nephrologists, primary care physicians, and dieticians.

Provides evidence-based recommendations for effective drug therapies for stone prevention

Metabolic Evaluation: Underused or Overdone?.- Controversies in the Management of High Urine Oxalate as a Risk Factor for Idiopathic Calcium Oxalate Urolithiasis.- Dietary Calcium and Prevention of Calcium Stones: More or Less?.- Citrus Juices and Prevention of Calcium Stones: Some, but Not All?.- Bariatric Surgery and Stone Disease: Help or Hindrance?.- Protein Restriction and Stone Disease:  Myth or Reality?.- Uric Acid Nephrolithiasis: Uric Acid or Urine pH?.- Cystinuria: Assessing and Managing Risk.- Potassium Citrate and Calcium Stones: Benefit or Risk?.- Thiazides and Calcium Stones: Overrated or Underused?.