A population-based, retrospective cohort study analyzing contemporary trends in the surgical management of urinary stone disease in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We aimed to review the trends and incidence of surgical intervention for adults with upper urinary tract stones in Ontario, Canada, and to hypothesize potential causes for the observed changes.

Methods

We carried out a retrospective, population-based cohort study using administrative databases held at the Institute of Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) to identify all adults (≥18 years) who underwent surgical treatment for urolithiasis, defined by records using a combination of both hospital and physician billing from 2002-2019. Descriptive statistics were used to summarize baseline patient demographics, and surgical trends were analyzed using the Cochrane-Armitage test for trend.

Results

From 2002-2019, 140 263 patients were treated surgically for uroli

SUBMITTER: Golomb D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054339 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature