The Urological Association of Asia clinical guideline for urinary stone disease

The Urological Association of Asia, consisting of 25 member associations and one affiliated member since its foundation in 1990, has planned to develop Asian guidelines for all urological fields. The field of stone diseases is the third of its guideline projects. Because of the different climates, a...

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Published in:International journal of urology 2019-07, Vol.26 (7), p.688-709
Main Authors: Taguchi, Kazumi, Cho, Sung Yong, Ng, Anthony CF, Usawachintachit, Manint, Tan, Yung‐Khan, Deng, Yao Liang, Shen, Cheng‐Huang, Gyawali, Prem, Alenezi, Husain, Basiri, Abbas, Bou, Sopheap, Djojodemedjo, Tarmono, Sarica, Kemal, Shi, Lei, Singam, Praveen, Singh, Shrawan Kumar, Yasui, Takahiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Associations
Etiology
grade recommendation
guideline
level of evidence
Literature reviews
Surgery
urolithiasis
Urological Association of Asia
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Summary:The Urological Association of Asia, consisting of 25 member associations and one affiliated member since its foundation in 1990, has planned to develop Asian guidelines for all urological fields. The field of stone diseases is the third of its guideline projects. Because of the different climates, and social, economic and ethnic environments, the clinical practice for urinary stone diseases widely varies among the Asian countries. The committee members of the Urological Association of Asia on the clinical guidelines for urinary stone disease carried out a surveillance study to better understand the diversity of the treatment strategy among different regions and subsequent systematic literature review through PubMed and MEDLINE database between 1966 and 2017. Levels of evidence and grades of recommendation for each management were decided according to the relevant strategy. Each clinical question and answer were thoroughly reviewed and discussed by all committee members and their colleagues, with suggestions from expert representatives of the American Urological Association and European Association of Urology. However, we focused on the pragmatic care of patients and our own evidence throughout Asia, which included recent surgical trends, such as miniaturized percutaneous nephrolithotomy and endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery. This guideline covers all fields of stone diseases, from etiology to recurrence prevention. Here, we present a short summary of the first version of the guideline – consisting 43 clinical questions – and overview its key practical issues.
ISSN:0919-8172
1442-2042
DOI:10.1111/iju.13957